The Latest Breaking News from Lagos

A messy bunch sprint opens five-day race in Lagos

Gerben Thijssen beats Marijn van den Berg to the line after a quiet 200km stage 1

With plans afoot for a new Lagos museum to preserve Nigeria’s film history, we hear from the collection’s curator

Sathnam Sanghera wants to play a game with you. He’s visiting a school where the boys wear “spotless white shirts” and “dark-blue blazers”, there’s a Latin motto, an official crest, a house system, and a stirring school song that contains the lyrics “always play the game!” Is he somewhere in…

From trash-strewn pavements to street vendors packing meals in polystyrene containers, plastic waste is a constant menace in the urban landscape of Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital and the continent's most populous city.

September 3, 2024: Luanco-Lagos de Covadonga, 181km

Festivities have been muted this December in Nigeria as a cost of living crisis reaches new heights.

Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home

How a meaningless fight introduced me to purposeful food

In Nigeria, where plastic pollution is still a huge problem, there is a rise of women-led schemes focused on fixes.

In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations were, in comparison, a steady and stable norm.