LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of ...
On Lagos’ packed roads ambulances blast sirens, take shortcuts and speed as fast as they can — but sometimes to no avail – Copyright AFP VALENTINO DARIELL DE ...
For decades, Lagos has stood as both Nigeria’s commercial heartbeat and one of Africa’s fastest-growing urban centres. Its energy is unmistakable, its opportunities immense, and its pace relentless.
Fear of the coronavirus has induced an extraordinary calm in Lagos, Nigeria’s famously boisterous mega-city where streets known for miles of gridlock have emptied of traffic and eateries serving ...
It is early January 2026 in Makoko, a waterfront slum in Lagos, when Funmbi, 43, was jolted awake by an unfamiliar noise. At first, she had thought that a fight had broken out between rival youth ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of ...