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  2. Hardship, insecurity cloud Nigeria president's first year in ...

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    Nigerian Josephine Akiga looks around her empty restaurant in Lagos, where a sole customer sits eating, longing for the days when the place was filled with people. Business has been so tough since ...

  3. Lagos - Wikipedia

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    Lagos ( / ˈleɪɡɒs / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈlɑːɡoʊs / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó) or Lagos City is the most populous city in Nigeria (Self-proclaimed [13] ), with an estimated population of 21 million [14] [15] [16] in 2015. Lagos is the most populous urban area in Africa. [17] Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria ...

  4. Microsoft to shut Africa development centre in Nigeria - AOL

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    May 8, 2024 at 12:25 PM. LAGOS (Reuters) - Microsoft is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent's most populous nation Nigeria, which will lead to job losses, a spokesperson ...

  5. 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse - Wikipedia

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    2021 Lagos high-rise collapse. /  6.45694°N 3.44389°E  / 6.45694; 3.44389. On 1 November 2021, a high-rise block of luxury flats under construction in the neighbourhood of Ikoyi in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed. At least 42 people died. The government of Lagos State is conducting an investigation.

  6. Eko Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    Eko Atlantic. /  6.40000°N 3.40500°E  / 6.40000; 3.40500. Eko Atlantic, officially Nigeria International Commerce city, also known as Eko Atlantic City, or the initials E.A.C. and E.A., is a planned city of Lagos State, Nigeria, being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. [3] Upon completion, the new peninsula is ...

  7. Lagos State - Wikipedia

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    Lagos State ( Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó, Gun: Ayìmátẹ̀n Awọnlìn tọ̀n) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Out of the 36 states, it is the second most populous state and the smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin for ten km, Lagos State borders Ogun State to ...

  8. Bola Tinubu - Wikipedia

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    Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who is the 16th and current president of Nigeria. [1] He was the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic . Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to the United States where he ...

  9. The Sun (Nigeria) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .sunnewsonline .com. The Daily Sun is a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in KiriKiri Industrial Layout, Lagos, Nigeria. [1] As of 2011, The Sun had a daily print run of 130,000 copies, and 135,000 for weekend titles, with an average of 80% sales. This made The Sun the highest-selling newspaper in Nigeria.