Lagos

Nigeria calls off search at collapsed Lagos school

The initial death toll of eight is expected to rise as rescue workers reached the foundation of the three-storey building but did not expect to find more survivors.

Dozens of children trapped in collapsed Nigeria building

Rescue efforts are underway in capital Lagos after a four-storey building housing an "illegal school" collapsed while classes were in session.

Anxiety grips Nigerians as results of tightly contested polls trickle in

Some hours before the opening of polls on Saturday, multiple explosions rocked the northeastern city of Maiduguri, perhaps in a daring attempt to breed fear and discourage voting.

Counting begins as some polls close in Nigeria

Nigeria counts votes in closely-fought presidential election even as voting continues in some units where polling opened late or ballot machines malfunctioned.

Nigeria has become an e-waste dumpsite for Europe, US and Asia

In Lagos, Nigeria, truckloads of electronic waste illegally imported from developed countries is causing problems for human health and the environment.

How technology is helping Nigerians get speedy access to justice

Last December, the Nigerian government confirmed that nearly 70 percent of inmates in prisons were awaiting trial. Now a number of tech-driven nonprofits and social media movements have appeared across the country to counter this trend.

Nigerians turn to technology to fight hunger

A young software engineer Oscar Ekponimo developed an app, Chowberry, which connects grocery stores with non-profits and non-profits with hungry people.

Nigeria wants to stop being lax about tax

Millions of people for the first time are now coughing up taxes as President Muhammadu Buhari's government conducts one of the country's most vigorous collection drives in years.

Is free trade a silver bullet for African prosperity?

''Africa is not a country'' goes the popular meme, and in fact, there are 55 states on the continent. Negotiating a common pan-African position on free trade is a massive undertaking, and informs us why Africa lacks leverage on the global stage.

Nigeria's biggest city looks to the waterways as traffic clog roads

Lagos, home to more than 20 million people, is turning to water taxis as part of an integrated transport system to unclog the city's roads.

Spiralling crisis in Cameroon

With as many as 100 deaths being reported in Cameroon's English-speaking provinces, the tensions, which have their origins in World War I, are mounting in the equatorial African country.

Nigeria's relentless real estate developers destroy entire slum

Lagos's state government left 30,000 people homeless after authorities brutally set fire to their homes. The authorities were working hand-in-hand with developers on lucrative projects with little concern for court rulings or the rights of the poor.