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Dredging towns: Lagos’ mega city dreams is killing its coastal communities (Part 2)

Fighting to eke a living Segun Alufoge struggling to navigate his pointoon through a thicket of sea weed on Oto-Awori's waters But for Segun Alufoge, 52-year-old fisherman and father of…

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Dredging towns: Lagos’ mega city dreams is killing its coastal communities (Part 1)

As fine sand is taken from the Lagos coastlines to provide housing for urban dwellers, the business generates great profits for urban property developers as the waterfront business booms with…

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Editors Note: Lagos is dredging its way to megacity status, but who is paying the price?

You see them every day, as you cross between mainland and island or even travel out to the outskirts of Lagos, miles and miles of pristine yellow beach sand. This…

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