Deji Layade: Step Up, Ibadan!
“Growing up in Ibadan, I was a Bodija boy. I had always felt Ibadan was slow-paced even when I was much younger so by 2010 I was already going to …
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Lagos: This Is My Lagos Story
“I grew up in Total Garden. We moved into the Agodi GRA sometime in 1991-1992 and when government began to sell plots of land in the area, my parents bought …
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Lagos Is Madness
“I was a teenager when I left Ibadan. That was in 2004. Unlike a lot of people who left Ibadan out of their own free will, mine was not like …
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Lagos: ‘Coming From Lagos, Ibadan is Perfect.’
I was a UI boy, with both my parents teaching there, although we lived in Bodija. So my major route was Bodija-UI. When my grandmother was alive, I used to …
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Never A Dull Moment in Lagos
I was born, bred, buttered and jammed in Ibadan. I had my primary and secondary education in Ibadan. I made up my mind not to stay in Ibadan for my …
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I Think There’s a Lot of Negative Stereotypes About Lagosians
“Life in Ibadan was a lot of things for me. I grew up there. Aside secondary school, all of my other education was in Oluyole- Ad-din primary school, Moor Plantation …
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I Needed to Leave to Pursue My Dreams
“I left Ibadan because I knew I needed to leave and pursue my dreams. I had just graduated from the University and I really needed to get my career started. …
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