Host countries usually have success at World Cups and the 2014 edition was lined up for Brazil to add a sixth star to its ...

The Nigerian megacity’s dynamic growth is outstripping its rental supply, and wages are not keeping up with rising costs Every weekday before dawn, Oluwatobi Ogundipe leaves his small flat in Sango ...

President Bola Tinubu will embark on a two-day working visit to Lagos on Wednesday and Thursday to inaugurate six key infrastructure projects executed by the state government. The Special Adviser to ...

The Lagos State Government has warned building owners, developers, and facility managers to register and certify all elevators, or face decommissioning after March 31, 2026. The announcement came on ...

Dipo Faloyin is a journalist and the author of “Africa Is Not a Country,” a book about the continent’s history, diversity and persistent stereotypes. Feb. 5, 2026 Heaving with coordinated chaos, Lagos ...

The fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is delicately strung together: a mainland with a populace that spills onto several islands in a lagoon that brushes against the ...

LAGOS, NIGERIA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Lagos' bustling streets have become a canvas for bold murals and vibrant graffiti as the city hosts its first Street Art Festival. The 'Legendary Lagos: City of ...

In the old photo studios of Lagos, Nigeria, negatives were being burned. No longer needed or wanted, they were too difficult to store, the subjects had moved on or died, and the photo labs that ...

Nigerian singer Burna Boy has cleared the air regarding the controversy surrounding his sudden departure from the stage during the 2025 Greater Lagos Countdown concert. It should be noted that reports ...

Urban Africa is a love letter to the bustling African metropolises south of the great desert—Dakar, Kigali, Lagos, Addis Ababa, and Johannesburg, to name a few—that are dynamic, diverse, and more ...

Following a three-year hiatus, Lagos Space Programme returned to the Lagos Fashion Week schedule. Adeju Thompson, who won the International Woolmark Prize in 2023, has spent the past few years ...

Lagos is the most populous city in Africa and a regional economic giant, having west Africa’s busiest seaport. It is the centre of commercial and economic activities in Nigeria. The city’s population ...