October 2026 - Page 4 of 8 - The Lagos Review

Readbug LitFest 2026: Abuja’s flagship children’s book festival returns to build new worlds

Readbug LitFest, Abuja’s premier children’s literary festival, is set to inspire young minds with its…

Hilary Swank announces pregnancy with third child at age 52

Hilary Swank has announced she is pregnant with her third child at the age of…

The making of Tupac Shakur’s posthumous classic ‘Hail Mary’

Tupac Shakur’s iconic single “Hail Mary” remains one of the most poignant releases in hip-hop…

The latest African music drop unites faith, grit, ambition & romance

The latest wave of new music across Nigeria and Africa is united by a powerful…

John Legend, Fireboy DML Blondie, The Rolling Stones, others lead October’s major album announcements

The week’s global music release cycle highlights a robust wave of high-profile studio album rollouts,…

Soyinka’s Nobel Prize @40: Rabat & Lagos lead global tributes to Africa’s Nobel literary icon

Africa’s first Nobel Prize for Literature was announced on October 16, 1986 – exactly 40…

Taylor Swift breaks Billboard 200 record with 4 million-unit debut

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard…

AU & AFRIMA open entries for 10th edition

The stage is set for another major chapter in African music as the International Executive…

Netflix has used AI on 300 titles, says executive at Busan film festival

Netflix has used artificial intelligence (AI) in some form on about 300 of its titles,…

New music featuring Viboyo, Joyce Wrice, Chase & Status, and Doechii

The global release calendar is shifting into high gear this October 2026, united by an…

Sally Rooney’s books withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action support

Sally Rooney says her books can no longer be supplied in the United Kingdom after…

Miles Morland Foundation announces 2026 African writing scholarships shortlist

The Miles Morland Foundation has released its 20-strong shortlist for the 2026 Morland African Writing…

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Playing “Lagos Life” and Making It Big in a Virtual City – Yusuf Zay

I must commend the developer Shalom who clearly took the saying “the devil is in the details” to heart. From Quilox, Freedom Park and iFitness to Owambes, Third Mainland Bridge traffic and the occasional robbery by area boys, Lagos is not just a backdrop but a fully immersive world that is part of the joke, charm and appeal of the game. Abuja and Port Harcourt are represented too, giving Nigerians a digital playground that feels like home.

The City That Was Waiting – Mariam Mimi Abdullahi

Somewhere between those readings, shared meals and quiet conversations, the people I had met at the airport stopped feeling like strangers. The city outside the workshop continued moving in its usual Lagos way, but inside that room, I had found a slower kind of movement—the movement of ideas between people.

Black Tax and the Grief of Living – Yasir

The grief of living is not the grief of losing. It is the grief of trying, of being in the middle of something hard with no clear end date, no guarantee, no moment where someone officially tells you it is okay to feel how you feel. It is the grief of a salary already spent. Of a father’s diagnosis that rearranged everything and the relief that he is fine now, which somehow does not cancel the weight of what it took to get there.

The Story We Have Not Yet Told: Creativity, Culture and Nigeria’s Next Chapter – Ife Adebayo

Now, I would be dishonest if I stood here in 2026 and spoke about the future of the creative economy without naming the force that is already remaking it: artificial intelligence. And I know the fear in this room, because I share the caution -that the machine will flatten our voice, that it will make every story sound the same, that it will take the bread from the animator and the editor and the writer. That fear is not foolish.

A City Girl’s Post-Breakup Recovery Manual – by Vuyokazi Ngemntu

She’ll wrap her arms around you when her inquiry into your well-being causes your spine to collapse. Sensing your discomfort, she will sit beside you quietly, covered in your musty duvet. A movie will watch the two of you until Uber Eats arrives. You will take a few pizza bites for her sake and find that it struggles to push past the permanent lump in your throat. Too numb to protest, you’ll get into the bath she runs you and sit there sobbing while she changes your linen.

Month: October 2026