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Development
Building Collapse: How Lagos’ Unscrupulous Developers Corrupt The System
When an uncompleted seven-storey building on Lagos’ Banana Island collapsed in April, it was thought no one had died, as…
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Analyses
#NigeriaDecides: Hate Speech Fuels Lagos Elections
In Lagos, the language being used during the elections has taken a nasty, ethnically-charged turn, creating an atmosphere of uncertainty.…
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Environment
#SinkingCities: In Lagos, Wetlands Are Sacrificed For Profits. Future Generations May Pay The Price
It is the middle of July 2022. The downpour has been going on for four days with no signs of…
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Human Rights
Lagos-Bound Woman Arrested With 3 Abducted Children In Northeast Nigeria
A 46-year-old mother of two, Insa Henshaw, was on Thursday, Aug. 25, paraded by the police in Borno, Northeast Nigeria,…
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Armed Violence
Traffic Robberies, Missing Persons… The Face Of Insecurity In Lagos
Femi Adeyemi, 38, works as a driver with Chevron Corporation, an American multinational energy corporation in the Ajah axis of…
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Displacement & Migration
Life Under Bridge: The Hard Realities Of Displaced Nigerians In Lagos
Adedokun Olatundun, 65, lost her husband and three of six children to the age-long communal crisis between Offa and Erin-Ile…
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Analyses
Lagos Floods: Victims Face Homelessness, Loss Of Property, Death
It was a black weekend for many residents of Lagos state, as rainfall wreaked havoc. The rain, which lasted for…
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Armed Violence
Police, Commercial Motorcyclists Clash In Lagos Over Motorcycle Ban
Police officers fired tear gas on Tuesday, June 7, to disperse commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada at Idi Araba…
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Features
Lagos Bans Commercial Motorcycles To Reduce Crime. It Is Not The First Time
Effective from Wednesday, June 1, 2022, operations of commercial motorcycles in six local government areas of Lagos State government, Southwest,…
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Features
Displaced And Neglected (3): ‘No Water, No Toilet Facilities,’ Lagos Monkey Village Evictees Cry Out
As the sun rose, three-year-old Taiwo ambled towards his parents’ shack in a slum at Odeniran, a community in Lagos,…
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