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STILL, STEALING STEEL?  AKPOS : Story, story!! Them go gree??... Ajeokuta Steel Mill wey them don chop die. PATRICK: I visited that place with my family last week just to show them what could have been… I cried the whole time. I wept at the massive loss of resources that has come to be the shame of this nation. AKPOS : Bros; you sef! Wetin carry you go there? PATRICK : It’s a form of education for my kids… that’s the way I see it. Our kids need to see the mistakes we’ve made so they don’t repeat it. There are some things we all need to see for ourselves. I can give you a ride to the place, if you care. This Future News concept is a great idea; it gets you thinking, doesn’t it?... there is hope anyway… hope for Nigeria. AKPOS : Bros, forget this your oyibo mentality, Nigeria don kpeme. This Ajeokuta Steel Mill na political chop chop. Them just build am so them go use am chop. The chopping dey like farmer wey chop seed wey im suppose use for planting.

Chuka Ihonor is an architect, product designer and urbanist who studied Architecture, Building and Environmental Studies at University College London and The Architectural Association School London. He worked at Godwin & Hopwood in Lagos, and in 1994 he set up ARG Studio as Principal. He is the founder and Principal of Ci Studio; designers of furniture and other products. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Open House Lagos and a member of Legacy 1995. He started 9H Media and runs 9H DesignTalk which hosts design events in Lagos.

The Poor Love Too (by Mark Lecuona) 2017 It feels like friends smiling in our home To love someone so much Who finds her shelter in my arms No matter how deep the dust in our eyes Or the fear in our minds The future is never enough to believe But a moment of love is forever   We were not born fighting But we know how life can be for others We try to think about the life in our hands It’s hard not to think of ourselves My children tell me they love me The older they get the more they know A simple man makes life simple for them   We try not to be afraid How much worse can life be We will not let it divide our home Who could love like those who survive People look down on us while they play Our hands carry the shame they assume But we built our cribs with those hands   We don’t care which side of the line we live Mother Mary carried her baby across They tell us how we should live our lives The love of our people is to...

Igbo agenda   WALE: fuck this. I know what this means. This is clearly an Igbo agenda. EMEKA: what do you mean? WALE: imagine if all the Igbos in all the states in Nigeria become full citizens of the states… Nigeria would become an Igbo country nah. You; think am nah! Already they are overrunning some states. We’re not gonna let it happen! EMEKA: Whatever happened to “one Nigeria.” Omo; I was born and raised in Lagos. I work and pay taxes in this state. WALE: na your type wan become governor for Lagos abi? What happened to your own state, it disappeared from the map? Abeg make I pass joor.