Sources: The Punch
At least ten people are killed and 25 others are injured when a fire breaks out in a high-rise office building in Lagos, Nigeria. 2025-09-18
Six people are killed after a building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-09-5
Seventeen people are dead after a boat carried into a barge by the tide and capsize in Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-07-8
At least 15 people are killed and several others are trapped when a high-rise building under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, collapses. 2021-11-1
Dozens of protesters in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja are arrested or injured after police fired tear gas at the crowds. The protests, coinciding with a public holiday marking Nigeria's transition to democracy, were organized to protest President Muhammadu Buhari's Twitter ban and numerous other issues plaguing his administration, with protestors calling for his resignation. 2021-06-12
A Nigerian court throws out a case against 47 men for allegedly publicly engaging in same-sex relationships at a Lagos hotel in 2018, claiming a lack of diligence on the prosecutor's part. 2020-10-27
A building in Lagos, Nigeria, collapses, killing ten people and leaving more than 100 others trapped under the rubble. 2019-03-13
Nigerian spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after anti-corruption agents uncovered more than $43 million in cash at his flat in Lagos. 2017-04-19
A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, with 13 deaths reported. 2013-10-3
Chinua Achebe's body is flown into Lagos to be greeted by a funeral processional. His remains await burial in Ogidi, the author's hometown. 2013-05-21