The Latest Breaking News from Lagos

Tunde Onakoya broke the world record for the longest chess game. But back home, the game is still inaccessible.

A demonstration against the president about the cost of living crisis has spread, after youth groups saw protests across the continent force a change in the law

Thousands are protesting poor governance, corruption and the increasing cost of living in Africa’s most populous nation.

Anti-government protests held in Abuja, Minna, Katsina and Lagos despite official efforts to stifle it

Demonstrators voice discontent over government reforms they say have triggered high inflation and devalued the currency.

Musician died from a heart attack after performing at a private party in Lagos

Nicknamed the ‘Elegant Stallion’, the revered star died after performing at a private party in Lagos

Inside Tejumola Adenuga’s solo exhibition, ‘FUTURE, PAST', at Art Twenty One in Lagos

Dirty secrets abound in a feverish novel exposing the seedy underbelly of a Nigerian city

Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for their unique, folkloric tales of Nigerian life in decades past. Like them, his 2024 novel The Road to the Country is “tinged with fable and…

In Nigeria, where homosexuality is illegal, Chibuzo and Ekele reveal the risks of some very dangerous liaisons