By 2030, 15 cities in Africa will have populations over 5 million, most of whom will live in informal settlements.
The city’s search for belief and higher being is reflected in its people, infrastructure and culture
This year’s festival in Nigeria is fiercely pluralistic, showing the work of 39 photographers.
The US car-booking company has signed agreements with Kia and Lagos-based Access Bank to reduce the down payment required for new vehicles.
Sixty-seven South Africans have died in a building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Fashion: Maki Oh shines on the world stage, from Lagos Nigeria to New York and Los Angeles.
The Nigerian-based Dangote Group will embark on a $16-billion expansion drive in over 18 countries over the next four years.
In the fashion of great African studio photographers, Lakin Ogunbanwo tears down and rebuilds portraiture in his own image, writes Stefanie Jason.
Residents are cashing in on thousands of tourists who attend Temitope Balogun Joshua’s church in Nigeria.
A new book titled "Afropolis" explores the notion that the city of the “third” world is going to be the prototypical city of the future.
Chaos broke out at the scene of the plane crash in Lagos, which killed all 153 passengers and crew, as competing rescue crews clashed on the street.
Arise Africa Fashion Week has been so successful in Lagos that organisers are planning to make it a major fixture on the global fashion calendar.
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/ 24 December 2011
A faulty pipe from an offshore oil field run by Royal Dutch Shell PLC near Nigeria’s coast spewed crude oil into the ocean for as much as 25 hours.
Latest Shell oil spill is comparable to the Exxon Mobil spill of 1998, say authorities as emergency measures are put in place to protect the coast.
Heavy rains, that caused a dam to overflow in south western Nigeria and led to houses being submerged, has killed 20 people and displaced thousands.
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/ 16 January 2011
When Danladi Verheijen has to attend an important meeting, he doesn’t know whether getting there will take 10 minutes or three hours.
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/ 29 September 2010
It only became worse for Joseph Udoh after his home caught fire — and his struggles illustrate the stress many Nigerians live through 50 years after independence, despite the country’s oil wealth.
<em>Home Away</em> tasked writers with writing about a specific interaction, place or object in a foreign city.
Nigeria does not know exactly how much of the black gold it churns but one thing is certain — three years of attacks have led to a sharp decline.
Nigeria’s main rebel group, which has targeted oil facilities in the south, claimed responsibility for a late Sunday strike on an oil jetty.
The leader of a Nigerian militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta has been arrested, lawyers and a separate rebel movement announced on Wednesday.
The first thing that used to hit visitors to Nigeria’s commercial hub was a gridlock of rusty buses and the tumbledown stalls of the Oshodi market.
Nigeria’s regulatory authorities have long persisted in painting a rosy picture of the country’s banks despite the global financial meltdown.
A Nigerian student has been jailed 19 years for swindling an Australian woman out of 000 dollars through an internet scam.
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/ 11 February 2009
Banyana star striker Noko Matlou stole the limelight when she was named Woman Footballer of the Year at a prestigious ceremony in Lagos on Tuesday.
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/ 26 November 2008
Nigeria’s drug administration agency has closed down a pharmaceuticals manufacturer in Lagos after contaminated teething syrup killed 25 infants.
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/ 21 September 2008
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Sunday it had begun a ceasefire after a week of clashes with the military and attacks on oil installations.
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/ 20 September 2008
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Saturday it had destroyed a major oil pipeline belonging to Royal Dutch Shell.
Five Russian oil workers kidnapped from their vessel off Nigeria’s Niger Delta last week have been released unharmed.
With oil prices at record highs, government coffers in the world’s eighth biggest oil exporter are swollen to unprecedented levels.
Community-administered healthcare is incredibly effective in combating a range of illnesses, including river blindness and malaria.
Nigerians can teach us a thing or two about power cuts. C Don Adinuba explains why it’s always midnight in Lagos.