A faded street-side structure bearing traces of a former Football Club in Accra, Ghana. Corrugated metal gates lean against worn walls beneath open electrical lines, documenting the residue of public advertisement, neighborhood recreation, and urban transition in West Africa.

Keep Fit Club — Accra, Ghana

Egbiameje Omole performs Pankere in Glitter, a work confronting the traumatic and emotional stakes faced by non-binary and queer people in Nigeria under hostile legal and social regimes. In Yoruba, pankere refers to the cane once used by guarantors to discipline children, a symbol of the violence and regulation imposed on queer bodies from childhood through adulthood. Omole’s performance reclaims this memory, transforming it into a spectacle of resilience. By drawing on the legacy of cross-dressing and queer icons of the past, the work resists erasure and insists on presence. Captured on a mist-covered hill, their red, glittering outfit vibrates against the muted landscape. The movement appears frantic, almost ritualistic, an act of defiance against invisibility, a demand for recognition. This image embodies the weight of law on queer lives in Nigeria while celebrating the persistence of joy, survival, and visibility against the forces that seek to constrain them.

In Glitter III

Captured in Maryland, Lagos, this image portrays a woman in blue Ankara and a raffia hat, arranging her crafts with quiet confidence. It reflects Another Nigeria, one defined by everyday creativity, patience, and purpose. Her work becomes a language of resilience, showing that what is made in her hands also shapes the heart of the nation

Made in Her Hands

This is a picture of one of the largest tech markets in Nigeria (computer village)

The village

The fish when prepared like this, can be consumed as it is or used in food preparation. It adds beautifully to the flavour of the meal

Dried fish

This photograph is a striking, close-up portrait that focuses exclusively on the subject's eyes, which are isolated and intensified by surrounding deep, velvety shadow and framed by a textured white towel or hood. The face is rendered nearly pitch-black, suggesting anonymity or a moment of hiding and deep introspection. The only points of light are the eyes themselves, which possess a disturbing, reflective gold or amber glow, making them appear watchful or preternatural. The subject is looking intently upward, implying a secretive focus or the anticipation of a critical revelation visible only to them, encapsulating a story of silence, suspense, and hidden knowledge.

EYES OF GOLD

We live in a place where most of our dreams start to come true when we leave our home.

A dream within reach.

 To imagine a new Nigeria is to look at the bright side of our communities and repurpose them for a better future.  For this series I used the slum community and its young people as my case study. The slums and ghetto communities have an abundance of young talented people who are arguably an integral part of the country and its future. Despite the limitations placed on the young people from these communities, the energy of these young people never fails to prevail. The will to improve themselves and their communities which in turn impact the country as a whole. In 2019, I set out to two popular slum communities in Lagos called Oko Agbon and Makoko in Lagos Nigeria. These communities are at the centre of Lagos Nigeria and it was there that I created these images. Together with these talented young people, we projected new possibilities in the neighbourhoods looking at the bright side from the angle of Technology, education, music and modelling for good in connection to their existing way of life in the slum and the urban space. The flip side of this series highlights how importance High standard of living, low poverty rate and unemployment, high human development and technological advancement can transform our current Nigeria to another Nigeria. The images show young Lazy standing elegantly in the middle of the slum 

Modeling 

Drift event somewhere at National Stadium, Abuja. Year: 2019. Camera: GoPro Hero 7

Drift Event 

Life expectancy here hovers around fifty, one of the lowest in the world. This image is a wish — that more of us get to grow old, to walk unhurried, to laugh without counting time. That staying alive becomes ordinary, not exceptional

The Simple Grace to Age

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