‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom
For the estimated 2,000 residents of Refuge Island life sometimes feels like that of a refugee. A dozen communities live on the island, which lies in a lagoon on the…
For the estimated 2,000 residents of Refuge Island life sometimes feels like that of a refugee. A dozen communities live on the island, which lies in a lagoon on the…
In the sleepy Nigerian port town of Koko, the reminder of a forgotten invasion by the British more than a century ago has itself been forgotten. A statue of Nanna…
In a hospital bed fearing his death was imminent, English teacher Othuke Ominiabohs thought ruefully of his four unpublished novels. “My biggest regret was I was going to die, and…
Multiple people were injured on a United Airlines flight heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC last week. In a statement released on Friday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria…
They arrived in 80s London with small intentions: to study, to work, to outrun what they had come from, and then maybe, one day, return back home. A people who…
A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing about 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel. A Federal Road Safety Corps statement said:…
A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic…
In a modest house on a red dirt road in Ota in Ogun state, Adijat Adejumo, a 39-year-old auxiliary nurse, runs a small chemist shop. She treats common illnesses such…
A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The 5-month-old…
Shortly after his 18th birthday, Chukwuebuka Ibeh embarked on his first trip outside his home city of Port Harcourt. He drove more than eight hours north to Lagos for a…
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