The Latest Breaking News from Lagos

The once ubiquitous De Rica tomato paste brand lives on in Nigerian markets and kitchens in more ways than one.

In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and creative capital, food is doing something unusual. It’s keeping alive the spirit of a musician.

A church in Nigeria's megacity of Lagos has become a community for people who are deaf

When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved people.

From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people.

When the announcement of Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi’s latest novel Dream Count was made, it was regarded as a major event in African literature. The internationally celebrated Nigerian writer had not published a novel in the past 12 years, and her long-awaited return stirred both anticipation and speculation. In the post-COVID…

Marten’s mother Virginie and middle brother Tobias both attended her Old Bailey trial — but what of the rest of her family, and what can the five of them tell us about her tragic descent into a life of crime? Katie Strick reports

Lagos State, with an estimated population of 20 million, is Africa’s largest metropolis. Home to Nigeria’s commercial capital, it is a magnet for internal migration, drawing in a mix of the country’s ethnic groups. Nigeria is estimated to have between 150 and 500 distinct ethnic groups, many of which are…

London mayor will also visit Ghana and South Africa on five-day trip