First, the danfo, then Otodo-Gbame and now live bands, nothing can stand in the path of the government's dream for Lagos. By the time Lagos was annexed by the British in 1861, there was nothing to ...

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 SOUSA ...

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 ...

LAGOS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Workers began a clean up of the streets of Lagos on Saturday after the relaxation of a round-the-clock curfew after days of unrest sparked by the shooting of protesters ...

Fashola said that town planners’ responsibilities extended beyond land use planning. Fashola said this at the 2024 Lagos Physical Planning Summit with the theme, “Rethinking Lagos: A New Vision for a ...

In Nigeria’s traffic jam-plagued economic capital of Lagos, the population of roughly 20 million relies on only around 100 ambulances. Waiting times can be deadly. Around a third of the mega-city's ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Some 30,000 residents of the Nigerian megacity Lagos have become homeless because of state-ordered demolitions and fighting between rival communities, residents and a rights group ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned that Lagos faces a triple threat of “excessive rainfall, rising water levels and encroachment on marshy lands,” stressing the urgent need for ...

A young woman from Africa's most populated city has described what it's really like to grow up in one of the fastest-growing places on Earth - a chaotic and colourful mega-city that could be home to ...

Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still "traumatised" from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her ...