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Thousands displaced as police raze Lagos' Otodo Gbame Officials call waterfront settlement's demolition a 'security measure', while rights groups denounce it as 'land grab'. Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath Otodo Gbame residents fled on canoes as their homes were being levelled [Justice and...

Lagos - the largest city in Africa - 21 million people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos Lagos /ˈleɪɡɒs/[10] (Yoruba: Èkó) is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos. The city, with its adjoining conurbation, is the largest city in Africa. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the...

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In the Spirit of Sankofa, Video: Africa's top 4 economies are in trouble Growth in Africa has outpaced most emerging markets in recent years, but that's changing fast as a slew of problems beset its leading economies. Cheap oil, political uncertainty and weak banks are all to blame...

In the Spirit of Sankofa, Nigeria Is Coming Apart at the Seams At best, a revitalized Biafran secessionist movement will lead to mass bloodshed. At worst, it will trigger the country's unraveling Nearly 50 years after the same region of Nigeria seceded, sparking a devastating civil war...

In the Spirit of Sankofa, Africa's Richest Man Will Fix Nigeria's Chronic Fuel Crisis Dangote, who has made most of his money through his African cement business, is building a 650,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery and petrochemical plant in the commercial capital, Lagos, scheduled for...