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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.
TikTok has exploded in popularity among young people in Nigeria. Here’s why it’s such a hit.
Livelihoods which communities have relied on for centuries are being criminalised by heavy-handed state restrictions.
All too often, urban reforms are led by technical and infrastructural change, rather than by engaging people.
Nigerian museums continue to present colonised versions of history. This harms local communities.
Young Nigerians are culturally encouraged to overdrink. How can they be protected?
Understanding what drives conflict, and tension, is the starting point for developing paths to peace.
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Senior lecturer, University of Greenwich
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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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Visiting Scientist at the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Lecturer, University of Benin
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Professor of Urban Management and Governance, University of Lagos
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Distinguished Professor of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
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Research Fellow, Rhodes University
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Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor, University College Dublin
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University of Manchester
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University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
