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‘Why death of accident victim isn’t our hospital’s fault’

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) at Idi Araba, Lagos, was established in 1962 to offer tertiary health services and engage in teaching an

The train to Moscow

I was a long way from home and after a few days watching soccer and sightseeing in Saint Petersburg, I would be heading north by train to the Russian

Kampala of the Seven Hills

Poetry first drew me towards Kampala four years ago when my poem ‘Laruge’ was nominated for the BabishaiNiwe African Poetry Prize. I was invited for t

How colonal seat of power lost its shine

Old Residency was the name given to Nigeria’s first seat or power. It had accommodated the early British administrators of the Niger Coast territories

Al-Ameen Buhari: From truck driver to stardom

Al-Ameen Buhari is one of the prominent actors in Kannywood. In this interview with Weekend Magazine, the Jos-born actor who was a truck driver before