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Man caught answering nature's call just off the express way near Ajah bus stop, Lagos.

Is Obalende Dilapidating?

Photos below shows the current state of Obalende area of Lagos state.

Is Obalende - Lagos going back to what it used to be??

Fire Guts Residential Quaters Near SCID, Yaba!

Fire guts a residential quaters next door to the Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos on Friday March 4 at noon.

An eye witness who spoke with RI on the condition of anonymity said they were eating in a restaurant behind the building when she noticed a spark from the window of one of the rooms upstairs, then a flash of light. Before they realized what it was all about, the fire was all over the last floor of the building. 

Men from the Lagos state fire service were seen trying to put out the fire, while effected residents wailed uncontrollably. 

It is not certain if there are any casualties. 

Asteroid 2013 TX68 To Whiz Past Earth From March 5 - 8!

An asteroid, 2013 TX68, the size of a basket ball court is expected to fly past earth for the second time in two years, from March 5 to March 8.

In a statement, Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), said "The data indicate that this small asteroid will probably pass much farther away from Earth than previously thought."

The asteroid flew past earth  in 2014, at a comfortable distance of about 1.3 million miles.

African Cities That Offer The Best Quality Of Life - Lagos, Abuja Is 33 And 34 On The List, 211/ 212 In World Ranking!

From over 440 cities out of which 230 cities were chosen and ranked according to a variety of factors, such as the political and social environment, economic conditions, education, and public services etc..Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub is 33 on the list, and 211 in the world ranking; Abuja, Nigeria's capital city Abuja, is at the 212 position in the world list, 34 position in Africa in Mercer's (consulting firm) study conducted to know which African cities offer the best quality of life. 

83 in the World Ranking Mauritius's capital city Port Louis tops the list in Africa.

RANKING IN AFRICA	RANKING IN WORLD	CITY	COUNTRY
1	83	Port Louis	Mauritius
2	85	Durban	South Africa
3	92	Cape Town	South Africa
4	95	Johannesburg	South Africa
5	97	Victoria	Seychelles
6	113	Tunis	Tunisia
7	116	Rabat	Morocco
8	126	Casablanca	Morocco
9	131	Windhoek	Namibia
10	142	Gaborone	Botswana
11	149	Lusaka	Zambia
12	162	Dakar	Senegal
13	163	Libreville	Gabon
14	166	Accra	Ghana
15	169	Kampala	Uganda
16	171	Cairo	Egypt
17	175	Blantyre	Malawi
18	178	Maputo	Mozambique
19	181	Cotonou	Benin
20	183	Banjul	Gambia
21	184	Nairobi	Kenya
22	187	Algiers	Algeria
23	189	Djibouti	Djibouti
24	191	Kigali	Rwanda
25	194	Yaounde	Cameroon
26	196	Douala	Cameroon
27	198	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania
28	199	Luanda	Angola
29	204	Lome	Togo
30	206	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire
31	207	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
32	209	Harare	Zimbabwe
33	211	Lagos	Nigeria
34	212	Abuja	Nigeria
35	215	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso
36	217	Niamey	Niger
37	218	Antananarivo	Madagascar
38	219	Bamako	Mali
39	220	Nouakchott	Mauritania
40	221	Conakry	Guinea
41	222	Kinshasa	Congo, Democratic Republic of
42	223	Brazzaville	Congo, Republic of
43	225	N'Djamena	Chad
44	226	Khartoum	Sudan
45	229	Bangui	Central African Republic

This annual study is viewed as one of the best of its kind, as such, the ‘quality of living’ a city offers it residents can be an important factor when employers consider where to assign their mobile employees.