Former presidential aide and social commentator, Reno Omokri, has faulted claims that Lagos State was once the capital of Nigeria, insisting that only Lagos Island held that status, not the entire ...

Each collapsed building in Lagos is more than a headline. It is a story of ignored warnings, shoddy practices, regulatory ...

Nigeria’s Lagos state marked a historic moment with appearance at the Lord Mayor’s Show in London – an annual procession, steeped in 800 years of tradition, that celebrates the history and ...

However, my Lagos friends quickly told me they “don’t lay out on the beach in Nigeria.” They instead go to beach clubs to enjoy private pools, cabanas, and drinks.

The governor of Lagos easily won re-election in low turn-out local voting, figures showed on Sunday, a victory for Nigeria's ruling party just weeks after the commercial capital backed the ...

Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, Nigeria's economic center, is trying to change that. NPR's Jewel Bright takes us to meet some of the people behind this effort.