http://www.mail.com/locations/14514-lagos.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/14514-lagos.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760616-trading-soccer-wickets-nigeria-cricket-boom.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when Nigeria was still under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks the rebirth of a colonial sport now finding a second life. Cricket, once the preserve of Nigeria's educated elite, is finding favor in schools for poor children and in the streets of some... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760616-trading-soccer-wickets-nigeria-cricket-boom.html 2012-12-12T10:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758376-monopoly-to-lagos-nigerias-biggest-city.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's largest city of Lagos is no boardwalk, but now Monopoly is taking inspiration from the city's sprawling chaos. Officials unveiled a Lagos-themed Monopoly board game Tuesday in the city. Officials walked past a massive display of the new board game on the floor at Lagos' City Hall on Lagos Island, showing the familiar spaces... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758376-monopoly-to-lagos-nigerias-biggest-city.html 2012-12-11T15:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755704-nigeria-ministers-mother-abduction-trend.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police searched Monday for the kidnapped mother of Nigeria's powerful finance minister, after an abduction that shows no one is out of reach of criminal gangs in the West African nation's oil-rich southern delta. Kamene Okonjo, the 83-year-old mother of Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was kidnapped Sunday afternoon in... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755704-nigeria-ministers-mother-abduction-trend.html 2012-12-10T15:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1689486-nobel-laureate-soyinka-nigeria-at-war-with-sect.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Friday dismissed calls for peace negotiations with the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram and said Nigerian society is at stake in what he described as a war for survival. Nigeria's northeast remains under almost daily attack by the sect, which is blamed for killing more than 740 people this year... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1689486-nobel-laureate-soyinka-nigeria-at-war-with-sect.html 2012-11-09T15:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1675584-serena-matter-time-until-no-1.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In the midst of the Williams sisters' first bustling visit to Africa, Serena wasn't quite sure which country she was in Saturday. But she's certain of one thing — it's only "a matter of time" before she'll be world No. 1 again. Serena and older sister Venus arrived in South Africa on an early flight from Nigeria, though Serena told rep... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1675584-serena-matter-time-until-no-1.html 2012-11-03T14:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1673828-dancing-venus-beats-sister-serena-nigeria-match.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — After months of injuries and illnesses, Venus Williams was all smiles as she interrupted a break during an exhibition match with her sister Serena to shake her hips to a Nigerian pop song. And after winning 6-4, 7-5 on Friday, she offered a prediction for the future. "For me to get a win against Serena, it means 2013 is going to be a... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1673828-dancing-venus-beats-sister-serena-nigeria-match.html 2012-11-02T15:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1668930-williams-sisters-inspire-local-kids-nigeria.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high. "We were really able to break the mold and win a lot of Grand Slams and a lot of tournaments and not only that, but kind of change the face of tennis," Serena said Wednesday before an exhibition match against her sister in L... Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1668930-williams-sisters-inspire-local-kids-nigeria.html 2012-10-31T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1663464-european-fashion-buyers-to-nigeria.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A model struts the runway wearing a flowing newspaper print gown in this African megacity where international high-end fashion buyers are looking beyond the country's bleak headlines to uncover the next new thing. There have been steady efforts to turn Lagos, a city with a fearsome reputation, into a fashion destination. They reached... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1663464-european-fashion-buyers-to-nigeria.html 2012-10-29T17:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1633286-nigeria-museum-fetes-late-afrobeat-singer-fela.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — "FELA LIVES," reads the Gothic-lettered tattoo on the back of one of the sons of the legendary Afrobeat singer from Nigeria. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died 15 years ago but his name seems to be mentioned more now than ever. Radio stations across Africa's most populous nation continue to play his trumpet-and-saxophone-infused songs, the gir... Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1633286-nigeria-museum-fetes-late-afrobeat-singer-fela.html 2012-10-16T07:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1599470-rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-africa.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rooftop pool at Nairobi's newest high-rise hotel juts out over the edge so swimmers can peer through the glass bottom eight stories down. A new champagne bar sits nearby. IPads with detailed wine descriptions serve as menus. This is the face of new, high-end hotels in Africa. Nairobi has seen the construction of several upscale p... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1599470-rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-africa.html 2012-10-01T13:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1596036-qatar-airways-flight-lands-safely-emergency.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Nigeria landed safely Saturday after the pilot discovered a problem with the aircraft's landing gear, authorities said. The Airbus 330 aircraft, carrying 148 passengers and 14 crew members, landed in Lagos just after 1 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) with no one onboard sustaining any injuries, state em... Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1596036-qatar-airways-flight-lands-safely-emergency.html 2012-09-29T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1586094-troubled-blackberry-maker-sees-africa-potential.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In a film recently made in Nigeria, a man stops a beautiful woman, suavely trying to get her to talk to him. Instead she pouts her lips and looks down at her hands, barely able to hold all of the BlackBerry phones she owns. "If you really want to talk to me, get me a BlackBerry Bold 3 ... then and only then, you can talk to me," the ... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1586094-troubled-blackberry-maker-sees-africa-potential.html 2012-09-25T15:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1578150-central-bank-bars-nigeria-airlines-bank-loans.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Central Bank has barred the nation's top two airlines from receiving any additional loans over their massive outstanding debts, an official said Friday, as passengers were stranded by the nation's aviation industry crisis in which its largest carrier grounded all its domestic flights. Arik Air Ltd., the nation's top carrier... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1578150-central-bank-bars-nigeria-airlines-bank-loans.html 2012-09-21T13:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1575290-nigerias-largest-airline-halts-domestic-flights.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's largest airline Arik Air Ltd. halted all its domestic flights indefinitely Thursday as its leaders alleged government corruption made it impossible for the carrier to fly, after officials raided and disrupted its flights without explanation. Arik Air's top executives told journalists that employees of the Federal Airports A... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1575290-nigerias-largest-airline-halts-domestic-flights.html 2012-09-20T19:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1571970-secondhand-clothes-west-flood-nigeria-markets.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — At Nigeria's Katangua Market, that castaway from the West means big money. Shipping container after shipping container arrive in the market in Lagos, filled to the brim with plastic-wrapped bales of secondhand clothes from the U.S. and elsewhere. Traders scour, barter, hem and haw over T-shirts, bras, pants and shoes sent to help clo... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1571970-secondhand-clothes-west-flood-nigeria-markets.html 2012-09-19T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1570364-google-low-tech-to-unleash-nigeria-potential.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Despite all its cutting-edge technology, Google Inc. has turned to the humble text message to break into Nigeria's booming economy. The search engine has started a service in Nigeria, as well as in Ghana and Kenya, which enables mobile phone users to access emails through text messaging. That comes as Google's office in Lagos has beg... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1570364-google-low-tech-to-unleash-nigeria-potential.html 2012-09-18T15:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1563304-soldiers-open-fire-to-disperse-nigeria-protesters.html JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers opened fire Friday to drive away young Muslims in central Nigeria protesting a film critical of the Prophet Muhammad, witnesses and authorities said, as demonstrators elsewhere in the county's Muslim north burned a U.S. flag. The demonstrations in Jos, a city where hundreds have been killed in religious and ethnic violence, be... Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1563304-soldiers-open-fire-to-disperse-nigeria-protesters.html 2012-09-14T15:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1552596-3-nigeria-oil-firm-staffers-killed-fixing-pipeline.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's state-run oil company says suspected oil thieves have killed three of its employees near Nigeria's commercial capital. Fidel Pepple, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, said in a statement Monday that gunmen shot at a team of engineers and technicians doing repairs on an oil pipeline in a town just ... Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1552596-3-nigeria-oil-firm-staffers-killed-fixing-pipeline.html 2012-09-10T13:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1546358-nigerian-airline-collapses-industry-struggles.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, this West African nation's second-largest airline, and its staff hadn't received a paycheck in four months when its top executive summarily fired nearly all of its employees for "dishonesty." "Corporations are like individuals, who naturally will get sick," Air N... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1546358-nigerian-airline-collapses-industry-struggles.html 2012-09-07T16:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1543340-mobile-phone-towers-attacked-north-nigeria.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A radical Islamist sect that has attacked mosques, churches, schools and government buildings at will in Nigeria appears to have added a new target for its violence: mobile phone towers. Attacks in the last day have damaged more than 30 towers operated by all the major providers in the country, further straining the one link the ... Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1543340-mobile-phone-towers-attacked-north-nigeria.html 2012-09-06T15:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1540440-nigeria-navy-retakes-hijacked-oil-tanker-coast.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook an oil tanker hijacked off the country's largest city, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled as the navy arrived, a spokesman said. None of the sailors was hurt in the hijacking of the MT Abu Dhabi Star, which happened off the coast of Lagos, said Pat Adamson, a spokesman for Du... Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1540440-nigeria-navy-retakes-hijacked-oil-tanker-coast.html 2012-09-05T13:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1536928-nigeria-uncovers-cocaine-stuffed-roasted-chicken.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The roasted chickens had an unusual stuffing — $150,000 worth of cocaine, according to Nigerian police. A Nigerian mechanic who struggled in Brazil for more than six years had hoped the drugs would buy him a life of luxury in his native land, Nigerian authorities said Monday. "This was like a retirement plan for him," said Mitchell O... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1536928-nigeria-uncovers-cocaine-stuffed-roasted-chicken.html 2012-09-03T19:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1459174-nigerias-floating-slum-targeted-authorities.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Makoko slum floats on the murky lagoon that separates mainland Nigeria from the island that gave birth to its largest city, a permanent haze of smoke rising from homes built on timber stilts. For some, Makoko provides an escape from the overcrowded neighborhoods of Lagos, a city of millions where families crowd into one-room apar... Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1459174-nigerias-floating-slum-targeted-authorities.html 2012-07-27T15:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1425204-preliminary-report-issued-nigeria-plane-crash.html ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A commercial airliner that crashed last month in Nigeria's largest city, killing more than 150 people onboard and others on the ground, lost both engines within sight of the airport, according to a preliminary reported released Thursday. The report released by Nigeria's Accident Investigation Board suggests mechanical problems doomed... Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1425204-preliminary-report-issued-nigeria-plane-crash.html 2012-07-12T19:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1408386-families-nigeria-crash-victims-compensation.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A grounded Nigerian airline says it has started compensating families of those who died when one of its planes crashed a month ago, with each family expected to get $100,000. The Dana Air plane crashed June 3 in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, killing all 153 people onboard and an unknown number on the ground. Airline spokesman ... Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1408386-families-nigeria-crash-victims-compensation.html 2012-07-04T15:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1388862-court-blocks-nigeria-presidents-college-renaming.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has blocked the renaming of Nigeria's largest city's flagship university, a move that had caused days of student protests. Nigeria's state-run television said Tuesday that Federal High Court Judge Stephen Adah has granted a temporary order blocking the federal government from renaming the University of Lagos, popular... Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1388862-court-blocks-nigeria-presidents-college-renaming.html 2012-06-26T14:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1381054-nigerias-2nd-largest-airline-grounded.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria says it has grounded its second-largest air carrier over financial concerns. Aviation ministry spokesman Joe Obi told The Associated Press on Friday that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority is auditing Air Nigeria's finances. The aviation regulator grounded the airline for a day last week for safety checks following a strik... Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1381054-nigerias-2nd-largest-airline-grounded.html 2012-06-22T14:07:00Z