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BIZARRE: Lagos - What They Never Told You

Soaring rents and a four-hour commute: the misery of the Lagos housing crisis

The Nigerian megacity’s dynamic growth is outstripping its rental supply, and wages are not keeping up with rising costs

The Guardian - UK

‘The water is no longer our friend’: how dredging is pushing Lagos Lagoon towards ecosystem collapse – photo essay

Taking sand from the Nigerian city’s lagoon to supply a building boom harms more than fish – it affects the entire food chain, erodes coastlines and is depriving fishing communities of their livelihoods

The Guardian - UK

Thousands flood Lagos' vibrant Fanti Carnival to celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage

Thousands of revelers have gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for the annual Lagos Fanti Carnival

The Independent UK

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Nigeria worshippers mark Easter with Lagos street procession

Nigeria marked Good Friday with hundreds of Catholic faithful marching through Lagos in a public reenactment of the Stations of the Cross, linking Christ’s suffering to the country’s economic pain.

Euronews

Nigerian brothers bring parallels of fatherhood, nationhood to the screen

Lagos, Nigeria, June 1993. Political upheaval grips the country as it votes in its first general election since the 1983 military coup. It’s against this backdrop that Akinola Davies Jr set his award-winning debut film My Father’s Shadow. Alongside hopes for a new nation are the trials and tribulations of…

Radio France Internationale

How UK’s university towns became a draw for Indian students in summer

Every August, a quiet transformation takes place in Oxford. The undergraduates are gone, the colleges have exhaled, and in their place arrive young students from Mumbai, Delhi, Lagos, and Seoul, cycling along the Cherwell, debating ideas in wood-panelled seminar rooms, and doing something that would otherwise remain entirely out of…

The Times of India

Nigeria’s crypto boom isn’t just about technology – trust plays a role in the local gadget trade with China

On a humid afternoon in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, a young trader in electronics pulls out his phone and opens Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by trading volume. He’s not monitoring the Bitcoin market or chasing the next crypto craze. He’s paying a supplier in the Chinese port…

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A Lagos rave rewrites the rules of nightlife, drawing young Nigerians priced out of club culture

Nightlife in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos can be very expensive with its table culture where revellers are divided into a multitier system and compelled to buy very expensive drinks

The Independent UK

Volta ao Algarve: Paul Magnier doubles up with another sprint victory on stage 4

Frenchman outpaces Jordi Meeus and Oded Kogut to the line in Lagos

Cycling News

Streetlights in Lagos can boost safety and grow the economy. Why not everyone benefits

Nigeria is urbanising at a remarkable speed. Some of the world’s fastest growing cities are in the west African country.

The Conversation

Nigerian rock artist wants people to pause and feel loved in the hustle and bustle of Lagos

In Nigeria's capital, a rock musician is taking to the streets with roses and a guitar to remind people to slow down and feel the love ahead of Valentine's Day

The Independent UK

How The Year's Most Metaphysical Fable Created Its Ghost Story

'My Father's Shadow' director Akinola Davies Jr. breaks down his semi-autobiographical debut, and whether it classifies as a ghost story.

Inverse

In 'My Father's Shadow,' family memory and Nigerian history are resurectected

The British Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died

The Independent UK

Mass evictions in Lagos displace thousands including baby twins now living in a canoe

A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was demolished

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Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’

While it’s a love letter to a Lagos he has never actually lived in, the Gangs of London actor says his Cannes-conquering new film My Father’s Shadow has themes that will touch audiences all over the world, from Nigeria to Korea

The Conversation

Crime-fighting in Lagos: community watch groups are the preferred choice for residents, but they carry risks

Criminal activities have developed into a security crisis in Nigeria. Alongside the responses of security agencies such as the police and military, there has been a huge local response, with community groups mobilising in the face of criminal attacks.

The Guardian - UK

‘They told us to leave. They didn’t tell us where to go’: the demolitions destroying homes and lives in Lagos

Makoko’s waterfront stilt settlements were razed with little warning amid government claims that the move was essential for sanitation and security

The Conversation

Medical negligence in Nigeria: what’s known, and what needs to be done

Medical negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a Lagos hospital of negligence after the death of one of her 21-month-old twin boys. Nkanu Nnamdi died on 6 January 2026 after a brief illness.

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Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accuses Lagos hospital of negligence after son’s death

Lawyers for Adichie and her husband serve Euracare hospital with legal notice after death of 21-month-old

The Independent UK

Africa’s largest city is being reshaped as the price of sand increases

The changes to the lagoon that buffers the megacity of about 17 million people are unmistakable

The Independent UK

Anthony Joshua pays emotional tribute to ‘special’ friends lost in Nigeria car crash

The former world heavyweight champion lost his two friends and team members after the vehicle they were travelling in hit a stationary truck near Lagos, Nigeria

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d never told the same joke twice!’: the explosive rise of Ayoade Bamgboye, Edinburgh’s best new comedian

The Londoner from Lagos wowed the fringe with a show about language, family and cross-cultural identity. She talks about dread, dreams and her bid for ‘controlled chaos’

The Guardian - UK

‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations

When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partnership – and the day Kuti’s Lagos HQ burned

The Independent UK

Anthony Joshua flies back to UK after fatal Nigeria car crash

The heavyweight boxer was involved in a collision on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday that killed two of his close friends

Euronews

Nigeria police charge driver in fatal Anthony Joshua car crash with dangerous driving

Joshua will initially stay in Nigeria as he recuperates from injuries sustained after the crash, his promoter said on Thursday.

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