March 2026

There is a profound arrogance in the unlived life. It is the quiet, unspoken assumption that because we have observed the storm from the safety of the shore, we understand the fury of the waves. We build fortresses of theory, constructed from the pages of books, the narratives of documentaries, and the cautionary tales of others. We sit in the grandstands of existence, offering unsolicited commentary on the players below, convinced that our hypothetical strategies would yield better results.

The sun begins its slow, bruised descent over the Lagos skyline, casting long, golden shadows against the gleaming glass facades of Victoria Island. Up there, in the air- conditioned boardrooms and luxury penthouses, the city looks like a triumph of modernization—a testament to human ambition rising from the Atlantic. But down here, on the fractured

The book is titled: “Damaged Goods (2024, Winepress),” and the author is Akin Akingbogun. The author is a successful civil engineer with experience in the downstream oil and gas, and renewable energy sector in Nigeria. His other works include Prisoner of Fate, Waste of Sin, Blood in the Water, and Dreams from Yesterday. In this

Now that I have found my writing voice—if there’s any such word—I think it might just be apt to reflect on some of the things that have happened in the last 14 or 18 months. When I started writing in 2019, it was way before the blog and before COVID. I then spent a lot

We are living in an age of questions—questions about identity, purpose, belonging, and the meaning of being human. For many people these questions remain philosophical. But for some, they become deeply personal. This story begins with a boy He is not remarkable at first glance. He comes from a modest home, the kind of home

On the subject of waiting, I have thought about writing something for quite some time, yet I never quite got around to expressing it the way I truly wanted. Now, in 2026, the opportunity has finally presented itself. Perhaps I should have written this article twoyears ago, but here we are. It has become incredibly