An improved public transport system and mapping of hotspots by law enforcement agencies would reduce susceptibility to crime in Lagos, Nigeria.
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An AI model shows that building collapses in Lagos are location specific, and soil testing can help to check them.
Danfo drivers are often intolerant, bringing down the image of Lagos as a destination.
A ban on Lagos’ motorcycle taxis is unpopular, and now the governor who introduced the ban is back to tackle transport problems.
A new book focuses on the politics of road transport, the everyday corruption and the hard-living world of transport workers in Lagos, Nigeria.
Cities are where solutions are found – but also where perils are amplified when we fail to act.
Lagos is famous for its congested traffic. Cycling could help change this image.
Through their mastery of the environment and target selection, the Badoo cult gang was able to unleash terror among residents.
Nigeria’s Lekki Deep Sea Port is also its largest, and will boost the country’s ability to process imports and exports.
The album Mr. Money With The Vibe, with its amapiano influences, is just 30 minutes long but it speaks volumes about Asake’s talents.
Experts share their insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects.
Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje was Nigeria’s first professor of geography. He has died at 90.
Nigeria’s public university system has lost about 57 months to industrial action since 1999. This has implications for the future workforce.
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city, is notorious for frequent building collapses. A risk reduction expert offers five recommendations on how to prevent these disasters.
New towns have had a better track record in places of rapid economic and population growth, such as east Asian countries.
Every year, seven in ten maternal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. A study examining sub-Saharan Africa’s largest metropolis find that inequalities in access play a key role.
Social media platforms can be used to share critically important information about disaster management.
Flood threatened settlements must get everyone involved in an effort to become truly resilient cities.
Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.
As ill health besets the Nigerian film and theatre legend, a tribute is in order. In his career he has always placed his country and industry first.
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Associate professor, Rhodes University
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Senior lecturer, University of Greenwich
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University of Manchester
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University of Manchester
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Professor of Urban Management and Governance, University of Lagos
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Distinguished Professor of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
