A year after Lagos bloodshed, Nigerians say police reform promises prove hollow
Lagos, NigeriaReuters One year ago, Adebanjo Akinwunmi gleefully waved a Nigerian flag at the Lekki Toll Gate, a stretch of tarmac in front of toll booths on a highway on the outskirts of Lagos. Joined by thousands of his countrymen, he demanded an end to what demonstrators said was endemic police brutality. But the ebullient […]
Postcards: No-stress Scripture – Nigerian Christians relish Pidgin Bible
ANGELA UKOMADU, of Reuters, reports on how a new Bible translation is helping some in Nigeria access Scripture…
Informal settlements: Mass demolitions, evictions as Nigeria continues housing push
KELECHUKWU IRUOMA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how evictions have ramped up over the past five years as the government in clears informal settlements to build new homes for a rapidly growing population….
Kings of Lagos – children learn chess to seek escape from Nigeria’s slums
Lagos, NigeriaReuters A dozen children crowd around plastic tables in the Majidun neighbourhood of Lagos. Intently focused on plastic mats printed with chess boards, the children thoughtfully move pieces on the board as supervisors observe their moves. The waterside shanty town is just across the lagoon from the mansions and towering office blocks of Nigeria’s […]
Essay: Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn’t helping the billion people who live in them
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROBERT MUGGAH of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and RICHARD FLORIDA, of the University of Toronto, look at why the world’s biggest city slums are particularly vulnerable to disease outbreaks like the coronavirus pandemic…
POVERTY: WI FI BUT NO WATER – CAN SMART TECH HELP A CITY’S POOR?
SOPHIE DAVIES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how moves to introduce high tech solutions in cities around the world aren’t always delivering the kind of help the poor need…