Search Results for: Surviving Lagos
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#SurvivingLagos: Juggling Jobs To Make Ends Meet
Precious received a call from her sister that led to her relocation to Lagos in search of greener pasture. Her…
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#SurvivingLagos: A Lawyer’s Commuting Experience In A ‘Chaotic’ City
It was a sunny afternoon in Ikeja, the seat of power in Nigeria’s commercial city, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, when HumAngle…
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#SurvivingLagos: Food Vendors Who Pray For Traffic Jam
Yaba, Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, is touted as Nigeriaâs Silicon Valley, with an unending inflow of people and opportunities in…
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#SurvivingLagos: Insults, Shame, Motivation Dot The Daily Life Of A Lagos Street Cleaner
A light drizzle had just subsided when the HumAngle crew walked into the home of 44-year-old Kehinde Omolara, a street…
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#SurvivingLagos: How Traffic Jam Threatens Relationships
Lagos opens its arms to indigenes, migrants, visitors, and anyone who walks into it. Lagos gives opportunities, dreams, homes, money,…
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#SurvivingLagos: The Risky Love-Hate Relationship With Okada
In Lagos, the only part of your commuting that you have power over, is leaving your house. When the Lagos…
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#SurvivingLagos: One Traffic Jam Away From Death, Broken Families
Lagos, depending on who you consult, is the most populous city in Africa, with some estimating the population at 14.3…
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Development
Surviving Dyslexia: The Struggles Of Nigerians Living With Learning DisabilitiesÂ
Sometime in 2019, a boy was brought to the Amina Dyslexia Center by his mother for possible dyslexia because he…
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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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Environment & Climate Change
Disappearing Wetlands Making Lagos More Vulnerable To FloodâA Geospatial Analysis
The rainy season in Nigeriaâs economic capital, Lagos state, has become synonymous with submerged cars, homes, and commuters wading through…
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