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Nigerian capital on alert for terrorist attacks

After the bombings that killed more than 100 people in northeast Nigeria around the city of Damaturu, the US embassy in Nigeria is warning that the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which c...
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RwandAir to launch direct flights to Lagos

RwandAir, the national air company of Rwanda, is to introduce direct flights from its capital Kigali to Lagos by the end of 2011. The company made the announcement after purchasing a 154-seater Bo...
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Lagos proceeds with light rail project

The Lagos state government is proceeding with plans for a multi-billion dollar investment in the construction of an integrated light rail system designed to link various locations in the greater Lagos...
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Fashola commissions new Falomo bridge ramp

Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola has officially inaugurated the Falomo On-Ramp bridge. It is 115 m long and has cost N2.5 billion to build in a public-private partnership (PPP) deal financed ma...
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Airtel dismissals causing anger in Nigeria

Reactions to the annoucement that the Indian telecommunications company Airtel has laid off at least 1,000 Nigerian employees has escalated in recent days. On 6 October five million Airtel subscribers...
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Lagos Photo Festival

Lagos Photo Festival begins on 9 October. The theme this year is What Next Africa
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New flights from Lagos to Abu Dhabi

Nigeria's international carrier Arik Air is launching a new service from Lagos to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on 29 November. The three direct weekly flights will depart Lag...
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Flood-damaged housing to be demolished in Lagos

343 structures are to be demolished in the Ifako-Ijaiye municipality north of Lagos. The dwellings, on Odejobi Street in the Alausa Ikeja district, were extensively damaged in the July floods that dis...
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Chinese trade mission visits Lagos

A trade mission of 38 Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials visited Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in Lagos State and Ogun State in late August with a view to establishing businesses in Nigeria. The...
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Heavy floods in Lagos

After prolonged torrential rain on 10 July, Lagos suffered heavy flooding which has led to deaths and much destruction of property. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has described the fl...
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More air traffic controllers for Nigeria

Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has announced it is to increase the amount of air traffic controllers at 14 airports across the country, as part of its plan to enhance the country
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New flights from Lagos to London

Nigeria's national airline Air Nigeria is to launch a daily route from Lagos to London from 1 September, marking the newly-rebranded carrier
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Full steam ahead for Lagos light railway

Work on a major urban railway network in Lagos is expected to begin next year, with plans currently at an advanced stage. The public private partnership will see the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport...
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Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as Nigeria's president

Just hours after Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as president of Nigeria on 29 May in the country
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Lagos to decongest Central Business District

The New Town Development Authority (NTDA) of Lagos State says it has developed new sites and drawn up housing plans aimed at decongesting the heavily populated Central Business District (CBD) in Lagos...
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Nigerian election season ends

After the violence triggered by the return of Goodluck Jonathan as president of Nigeria in the voting on 16 April, the elections for 36 regional governors and legislatures on 25 April have been relati...
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Goodluck Jonathan returned as president

Goodluck Jonathan has been returned as president in Nigeria with over 58 per cent of the popular vote. His victory has led to violence in the north of the country, especially in Kaduna and Kano, which...
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Nigerians vote for their president

Nigeria starts voting for its new president on 16 April in the wake of the parliamentary elections held the previous week, which saw an upset for the People
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Nigeria’s ruling party faces electoral losses

Early results from Nigeria's parliamentary election on 9 April suggest that the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered considerable losses and its majority in both houses of the nation...
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New schedule for Nigerian elections

Parliamentary elections in Nigeria have now been postponed for a week and are scheduled on 9 April, which means that the presidential elections and state elections, originally set on 9 April and 16 Ap...
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Nigeria’s parliamentary elections delayed

Parliamentary elections in Nigeria have been postponed until Monday 4 April because of the delay in the delivery to many parts of the country of tally sheets for recording both the voting results and...
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Goethe Institut re-opens in Lagos

The Goethe-Institut Nigeria has re-opened in Lagos City Hall. Although the opening ceremony took place on 25 March, the institute has been operating out of its new location on Lagos Island since Janua...
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Fashola intensifies re-election campaign in Lagos

The governor of Lagos Babatunde Fashola of the main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has intensified his campaign to be re-elected in the upcoming governorship election in April....
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Nigeria's voter registration extended

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) extended its voter registration by two days until 7 February 2011 to facilitate those who have yet to enroll in the electoral register for th...
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Nigerian schools close for voter registration

All primary and secondary schools in Nigeria are to close for a voter registration exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) between 15 January and 4 February 2011. However fina...
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Lagos to be Africa's largest city by 2020

In its 2010 report on Africa's growth the United Nations agency for human settlements, UN Habitat, has stated that Lagos is to take over from Cairo as Africa
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