Lagos
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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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Features
Displaced And Neglected (2): “How We Ended Up In Lagos Monkey Village”
Ten years ago, shortly after her husband’s death, Sola Joseph, 49, popularly referred to as ‘Iya Sango’, left Ipokia in…
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Features
Displaced And Neglected (1): Lagos’ Monkey Village Evictees Have Nowhere Else To Go
The air around Odeniran slum in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, is dominated by a stinking smell from a mountainous refuse…
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Features
This All-Female Legal Team Is Helping Decongest Nigeria’s Correctional Centres
Solomon Samuel is a young Nigerian struggling for survival as an electrician in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was wrongfully arrested…
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Environment & Climate Change
Disappearing Wetlands Making Lagos More Vulnerable To Flood—A Geospatial Analysis
The rainy season in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos state, has become synonymous with submerged cars, homes, and commuters wading through…
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News
Recurring Market Fires Expose Loopholes In Nigeria’s Emergency Response Time
Perennial fire outbreaks are not new to Nigerians. At least twice a year, major incidents are reported across the country…
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News
Police Yet To Arrest Lagos Despatch Rider Found With Toddler
A despatch rider was caught with a baby inside the courier box on his motorbike in the Sangotedo area of…
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Gender & SGBV
Court Remands Lagos BRT Driver Arrested Over Bamise’s Murder
A magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has remanded Andrew Nice, driver of the BRT vehicle which Bamise Ayanwola,…
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