Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The Lagos State Government has announced plans to invest about $10 million in regenerating Makoko, the sprawling waterfront community, even as residents and civil society groups dec... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- Rights groups and activists on Monday demanded an immediate investigation into the crackdown on peaceful protesters and called for the removal of Lagos State Commissioner of Police,... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- Leaving home that Wednesday morning to cover a protest in Lagos, it never occurred to me that I could go so close to losing my life. Yet that was exactly what happened. On 28 Janua... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday brought to a close a 29 years long dispute by dismissing an appeal challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Calabar Division, on a jurisdictio... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- A prosecution witness said at the FCT High Court in Abuja on Friday that some title documents and the sun of $2 million recovered from a lawyer belonged to former Central Bank of N... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- A magistrate's court in Yaba, Lagos State,has granted bail to Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Soweto, and Dele Frank, leaders of Wednesday's protest against demolitions at the Lag... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- The Lagos State Police Command said it will charge two leaders of a protest on Wednesday, despite the reported largely peaceful conduct of the protest. It was rather the police th... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Civil rights activists and advocacy groups have condemned the Lagos State Government and the Lagos State Police Command over the violent dispersal of peaceful protesters and journa... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- Peaceful protesters demanding entry into the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa were met with gunfire and aggressive police action on Wednesday, leaving several residents inju... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- Residents of Lagos waterfront communities on Wednesday marched to the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, protesting ongoing demolitions and forced evictions. The demonstratio... Read More