$2bn needed for Lagos Kano rail project – Osinbajo

A French court has rejected a demand to suspend a controversial oil and gas project largely owned by energy giant TotalEnergies in East Africa. But a lesson could be drawn from the verdict.

Taofeek Olakunle Uthman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP), Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Funso Doherty of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) talks about plans and party manifesto if elected governor of Lagos during a debate recently held in Lagos.

A green mobility initiative in the city of Bhubaneswar aims to provide a livelihood to marginalized sections of society, like transgender people, women and HIV survivors.

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An accident involving a state government bus conveying civil servants to work occurred in Lagos today. The incident happened in the early hours of today. Eye witness says the bus driving tired beating the incoming train coming from Abeokuta the Ogun State capital before getting trapped.

US President Joe Biden has approved a massive oil and gas drilling project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. ConocoPhillips, the company behind the Willow Project, says it will create local investment and thousands of jobs. But the move has sparked significant backlash from environmental groups. We take a closer look.

FRANCE 24 spoke to the former head of Saudi intelligence, Turki al-Faisal, following the announcement that Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations.

Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state's attorney general said Tuesday.

The president-elect, Bola Tinubu has cast his vote in his polling unit at Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos state.

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, Labour Party candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and PDP candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adeniran (Jandor) voted in Lagos.

GuardianTV compiled the violence and voter harassment that mar the Lagos House of Assembly and governorship election.

This question is mostly for residents of Lagos or those who have at some point in their life resided in Nigeria’s former federal capital: what comes to your mind when you hear the phrase ‘Lagos is no man’s land?’