Commuters waiting for buses at Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria.
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An improved public transport system and mapping of hotspots by law enforcement agencies would reduce susceptibility to crime in Lagos, Nigeria.
Aerial view of Lagos Island.
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An AI model shows that building collapses in Lagos are location specific, and soil testing can help to check them.
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Danfo drivers are often intolerant, bringing down the image of Lagos as a destination.
A traffic jam in Lagos.
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A ban on Lagos’ motorcycle taxis is unpopular, and now the governor who introduced the ban is back to tackle transport problems.
A minibus driver and an agbero exchange blows at Ojota, Lagos.
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A new book focuses on the politics of road transport, the everyday corruption and the hard-living world of transport workers in Lagos, Nigeria.
Dharavi slum in India. Billions of people live in terrible conditions in the world’s cities.
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Cities are where solutions are found – but also where perils are amplified when we fail to act.
A cyclist participates in World Car Free Day in Lagos.
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Lagos is famous for its congested traffic. Cycling could help change this image.
The Head of a Celestial Church of Christ parish stands in front of the church where worshippers were killed and valuables stolen by the Badoo gang in 2017.
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Through their mastery of the environment and target selection, the Badoo cult gang was able to unleash terror among residents.
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Nigeria’s Lekki Deep Sea Port is also its largest, and will boost the country’s ability to process imports and exports.
Asake live in Atlanta in the US in 2022.
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The album Mr. Money With The Vibe, with its amapiano influences, is just 30 minutes long but it speaks volumes about Asake’s talents.
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Experts share their insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects.
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Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje was Nigeria’s first professor of geography. He has died at 90.
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Nigeria’s public university system has lost about 57 months to industrial action since 1999. This has implications for the future workforce.
Members of the Nigerian Institute of Building during a walk against building collapse in Lagos in March 2022.
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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.
Shenzhen, in China’s southern Guangdong province. A village until 1980, it’s a rare new city success story.
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New towns have had a better track record in places of rapid economic and population growth, such as east Asian countries.
A pregnant woman arrives at Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Nigeria.
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 can be used to share important information in times of crisis.
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Social media platforms can be used to share critically important information about disaster management.
A new artificial wetland runs through the city of Ningbo, China.
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Flood threatened settlements must get everyone involved in an effort to become truly resilient cities.
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Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.
Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva at the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.
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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.