by Caleb Adebayo It is a small neighborhood, a crowded community that sits on a fetid lagoon, colored in sepia and greyscale, located on the coast of mainland Lagos. Wooden stilts are tucked deep inside its brackish waters with bits and pieces of rubbish adorning its surface and a tangle of boats impatiently slithering through... Read More

Opinion

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June 22, 2017

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Nigeria’s mega-cities need their little unpleasant slums

by Alexander O. Onukwue German media organisation, DW, describes it this way “Lagos is growing at breakneck speed. Nigeria’s government is keen to attract the investment needed to modernize the city. But to accomplish this, they’re pushing out the city’s poor” The decision by a Lagos court on Wednesday declaring the sack of the members... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

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April 19, 2017

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#Impact365: Lagos Food Bank Initiative has reached out to over 17,000 Lagosians and is committed to feeding more

Thousands of Lagos residents – women, children and aged – struggle to feed on a daily basis as the economic recession does not allow most the ability to afford this basic necessity. There’s only so much the state government can do in tackling hunger so it has become necessary for private, non-profit organisations to rise... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

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