Poisoned wells: Oil pollution haunts Nigerian district for decades
A Lagos community raised the alarm about contaminated water in the 1990s, but data shows pollution continues today. BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Nigeria’s Lagos plans mass burials for 2020 protest victims
Lagos, NigeriaReuters Authorities in Nigeria’s Lagos state were planning a mass burial for 103 people linked to anti-police protests more than two years ago, where demonstrators accused soldiers of killing protesters, a state health ministry official said on Sunday. The number of victims of the October, 2020, protests has been a source of dispute. The […]
Wow!: Nigerian parents pay school bills with recyclable waste
SEUN SANNI, of Reuters, reports from Lagos…
Nigeria’s electoral commission starts announcing state-wide results
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s electoral commission began announcing state-by-state results from national elections on Sunday, though it is not expected to name a victor in the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari for several days. The presidential vote is expected to be the closest in Nigeria’s history, with candidates from two parties that have alternated […]
Nigeria dance carnival helps residents reclaim the streets
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters In a street in a poor neighbourhood of Lagos, a bare-chested young man, Gift Eze, holds his screaming partner, helping calm the rage within and stop him fighting. Residents of Oworonshoki have seen their share of violence, with robberies and tit-for-tat gang murders once commonplace in this part of Nigeria’s vast, boisterous […]
Essay: The era of the megalopolis – how the world’s cities are merging
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAMES CHESHIRE and MICHAEL BATTY look at the rise of mega-cities…
Postcards: Empty houses litter Nigeria’s cities despite housing crisis
KELECHUKWU IRUOMA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the lack of affordable housing in Nigerian cities…
Nigerian Government rejects ‘massacre’ report as error-strewn
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigeria’s government on Tuesday rejected a judicial report that described the killing of peaceful protesters in Lagos in October, 2020, as a massacre, saying it was strewn with errors and its conclusions were not backed up by evidence. The leaked report into the incident seen by Reuters said the Nigerian Army fired live […]
Nigeria building collapse toll rises to at least 16; rescuers search on
Lagos, NigeriaReuters Rescuers combed through the rubble of a high-rise building in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos in search of survivors on Tuesday, a day after it collapsed while under construction, as the death toll rose to 16 with scores reported missing. The Lagos state government said it had put its chief architect on indefinite suspension […]
Updated: Six die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise
Updated: 4.15pm (AEDT) Lagos, NigeriaReuters At least six people have died in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a high-rise building that was under construction, the state emergency services chief said on Tuesday. Building collapses are frequent in Africa’s most populous country, where regulations are poorly enforced and construction materials often substandard. People […]