Detty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity, both for locals and visiting members ...

Though it caters to the powerful and rich, Lagos will rise faster if it takes everyone along for the ride. Will new governor Ambode nudge the city down the right track? Welcome to Lagos, the city that ...

The first winds of west Africa's Harmattan dry season are in the air, and Lagos, the economic capital of the continent's most ...

Nigeria's port city of Lagos is one of the world's biggest by population. With some 21 million people, the West African metropolis is bigger than Los Angeles and Russia's capital Moscow. With such a ...

On Saturday, December 27, 2025, Lagos did not merely host an event; it inhaled history. From the early hours of the morning, the ancient city seemed to exhale white-white robes, white caps, white ...

It’s a world of endless parties and sleepless nights. A relentless celebration that turns West Africa – and especially Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos – into one of the hottest destinations on the ...

The average person in Lagos, Nigeria, spends over six hours of their day in traffic. NPR battles the chaos of a Lagos gridlock to find out if new Chinese-backed rails have made a difference. Lagos is ...

The coastal city of Lagos is the largest city in both Nigeria and all of Africa, with a metro area population of 21 million. It is one of only three mega-cities — cities with a population exceeding 10 ...

Lagos’s dysfunction extends out to sea. Oil tankers and container ships clutter the horizon beyond Lighthouse Beach, idling in anticipation of a docking slot at the only large-scale commercial port in ...

The foundations of orderliness for any city are planning and management. Lagos had this in place in the early days. The city was governed by an elected Lagos City Council, Nigeria’s oldest, ...