October 2026 - Page 5 of 8 - The Lagos Review

Duane Davis sentenced to 40 years for Tupac Shakur murder

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for…

Fox revives ‘Baywatch’ with Stephen Amell as new captain

Fox has released the first trailer for its 12-episode reboot of Baywatch, with Stephen Amell…

John Boyega secretly got married 2 years ago and is having a baby

John Boyega has revealed that he privately married nearly two years ago and is expecting…

European Film Awards shortlist names 68 films, including ‘Fjord’ & ‘Woman Unknown’

The European Film Academy has shortlisted 68 feature films for the 39th European Film Awards,…

Jewel Owusu announces debut album ecosystem and first headline tour

Jewel Owusu will release her debut album, ecosystem, on November 11, followed by her first…

Zadie Smith says art matters in times of crisis ahead of Vancouver event

Zadie Smith says making art need not address political crisis directly to carry social value,…

British historian & journalist Frances Stonor Saunders dies at 60

Frances Stonor Saunders, the British historian and journalist widely recognised for her definitive 1999 exposé…

Goethe-Institut Nigeria reopens Lagos facility following extensive renovations

Goethe-Institut Nigeria will officially reopen its Lagos premises on November 4 following the completion of…

MUSON Festival returns with double drama bill, ‘Wanted In-Laws’ & ‘Jigida’

For the first time in the 30-year history of the MUSON Festival, two distinct stage…

Sacha Baron Cohen to make West End debut in Quentin Tarantino’s 1st play

Sacha Baron Cohen has been confirmed as the lead star of “The Popinjay Cavalier,” the…

Lost 1970 Black Sabbath live session audio surfaces on unofficial album

Broadcast-quality audio from a 40-minute Black Sabbath live session recorded for Dutch television in 1970,…

Chika Okeke-Agulu exhibition explores Nigeria’s history at Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art

The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA) at Pan-Atlantic University, in partnership with SMO Contemporary…

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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