First, the danfo, then Otodo-Gbame and now live bands, nothing can stand in the path of the government's dream for Lagos. By the time Lagos was annexed by the British in 1861, there was nothing to ...

A former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has called on town planners to be more vocal and proactive in registering their visions and expertise in the Lagos Megacity master plan. Fashola ...

The hotels are booked and final preparations for the festivals and concerts are under way, as Lagos prepares for "Detty ...

The Commissioner affirmed that Lagos is not deteriorating but evolving into a megacity with modern waste management systems. “Lagos is not ‘smelling’; it is evolving toward sustainable waste ...

Since the turn of the century, the city of Lagos has emerged as a major economic and cultural hub in Nigeria and the African sub-region. With a population of over 20 million, Lagos is not only the ...

Pedestrians walk past a mural on Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue ahead of The Lagos Street art Festival in Victoria Island in Lagos on December 8, 2025. “Lagos, legendary city, city of dreams”: the theme ...

In Nigeria’s traffic jam-plagued economic capital of Lagos, the population of roughly 20 million relies on only around 100 ambulances. Waiting times can be deadly. Around a third of the mega-city's ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Friday launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - A walk along the two kilometers of light rail that Lagos authorities have managed to build in three years gives a sense of how hard it is to impose order on one of Africa's most ...