New facility will pave the way for Africa Data Centres hyperscale customers to deploy digitisation solutions to West Africa Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa Data Centres has officially opened its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility, the company says, will pave the way …
Read More »Nigeria’s economic hub moves to curb human trafficking
Lagos, Nigeria | XINHUA | Nigerian authorities on Tuesday inaugurated a Task Force on Human Trafficking to curb the menace of human trafficking and irregular migration in Lagos state. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Ikeja, the state capital, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged all members to come up with brilliant ideas, …
Read More »Nigeria braces as coronavirus hits megacity Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Residents of Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos scrambled for hygiene products Friday, after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement overnight that the infected person was an Italian citizen …
Read More »In Nigeria’s Lagos, aquatic weed plagues waterways
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Traffic jams on the snarled up roads of Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos are legendary, but a growing problem is also clogging up the waterways of Africa’s biggest city — water hyacinths. The spread of the invasive species of fast-growing plant is not only damaging transport links …
Read More »OIL: Ghost ships of Lagos, a haven of crime
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | The two men in the motorised wooden canoe look around warily as they leave a towering shipwreck in the Lagos lagoon, with the barrels of oil on board barely concealed under rags. The rusting hulk of iron and peeling paint has been battered by the …
Read More »Nigeria: Africa’s top oil producer, world’s extreme poverty capital
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | In the Ago Egun Bariga area of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, there is no road, no electricity, no running water and no rubbish collection. Now that high grass has blocked access to the water, there is no work either. The people of Ago Egun Bariga have …
Read More »President Museveni, First Lady Janet in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni are in Abuja on a visit to Nigeria. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari held a Friday afternoon meeting with visiting Uganda President Museveni hours after Janet Museveni was hosted by Aisha Buhari. According to Infoafriq.com, Aisha Buhari spoke glowingly of Janet …
Read More »Lassa fever kills two in Lagos, 100 others on watch: hospital
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Two people in Lagos have died and a hundred medical workers have been placed under observation after a flare-up of Lassa fever, a cousin of the deadly Ebola virus, officials said Wednesday. Lagos University Teaching Hospital said the two died this week after being admitted for …
Read More »Lagos turns 50: half-a-century of urban chaos
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | It’s only when the thick smog of humidity and pollution lifts that the size of Lagos becomes clear: from above, the megacity of some 20 million people seems to stretch out to infinity. Not even the Atlantic Ocean appears to be able to stop its …
Read More »Uganda debuts at Akwaaba travel conference in Lagos
With a beautifully decorated stand, Uganda Tourism Board took its place at the ongoing annual Akwaaba African Travel Market in Lagos on Monday. Uganda Tourism Board, exhibitors for the first time, took a step further from the exhibitions to sensitize the audience of the tremendous tourism assets of the country. …
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