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A belated Happy New Year to everyone! If your New Year’s resolution was to get out and explore more of what these great islands have to offer, you’ve come to the right place. This edition of Island Explorer is packed full of the hottest leisure and business venues, the latest events listings to keep you right up to date, and some of Lagos Islands’ most unusual visitor attractions.
Take Freedom Park, for example, a former prison that has been carefully restored to provide an enjoyable and educational day out. The park and museum give visitors an incredible insight into a bygone age and a unique window onto our cultural heritage.
We have a special, and very colourful, report from one of Nigeria’s most important and vibrant festivals and look ahead to the main events on the 2012 calendar. One of the most important for the Romeos out there will, of course, be St Valentine’s Day. Flick to page 14 now for our guide to ensuring that, this year, it is a day your loved one will remember forever.
And we have an exclusive interview with soulful singer DTone Martins. We discover where his unique talents came from, how he and his fellow musicians are championing quality Nigerian music and ask what more we can expect from him in the coming year.
Whatever you get up to in 2012, we look forward to bringing you all the best in culture, business and lifestyle along the way.
Many thanks, The Island Explorer team
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