Career of the Week – Uche Okonkwo, Managing Editor

Uche Okonkwo’s first degree is a B.A. in Education/English from the University of Port Harcourt. After NYSC, she did a bit of volunteering, and then returned to Kachifo Limited, where she had briefly interned earlier. In 2012 she went back to school to study for an MA in Creative Writing at University of Manchester. In 2014, […]
Weekend Pleasure- Yellow Mitsubishi: The Fifth Road Trip

Ngwo Pine Forest, Caves, and Waterfall, Enugu
Weekend Pleasure- Yellow Mitsubishi: The Fourth Road Trip

Agodi Gardens, the University of Ibadan Zoo and the International Institue of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State
Weekend Pleasure- Yellow Mitsubishi: The Second Road Trip

Ikogosi Warm Springs and Arinta Waterfalls of Ekiti, and Olumirin Waterfalls, Erin Ijesha of Osun States
Weekend Pleasure- Yellow Mitsubishi: The First Road Trip

Badagry, Lagos and Olumo Rock, Ogun State
Yellow Mitsubishi: The Fourth Road Trip

Agodi Gardens, University of Ibadan Zoo and IITA
Yellow Mitsubishi: The Third Road Trip

Omu Resort (Lagos), Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove (Osun), Idanre Hills (Ondo) With the four-day weekend early this month (October 4 to 7) a great opportunity for a road trip presented itself, and so road tripping we went. Lagos We started off on October 4 with a visit to Omu Resort in Bogije Town, […]
Yellow Mitsubishi: The Second Road Trip

Ikogosi Warm Springs (Ekiti), Arinta Waterfalls (Ekiti), Olumirin Waterfalls (Erin Ijesha, Osun) Ekiti is a beautiful state, with a stunning landscape and views that had me wide-eyed and stretching my neck taut. We drove through some amazingly picturesque villages and towns – Ikeji-Ile and Ogotun-Ekiti were two that stood out for me – that had […]
Yellow Mitsubishi: The First Road Trip

Badagry, Lagos and Olumo Rock, Ogun State One weekend in March, I and seven other friends took a road trip from Lagos to Badagry, and then on to Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, Ogun State. We started our journey from Surulere late, at about 1.30 pm, and reached Badagry some minutes past three. […]