Banana Island, which is Nigeria’s answer to Paris’s Seventh Arrondissement, San Diego’s La Jolla, New York City’s Tribeca and Tokyo’s Shibuya and Roppongi, is a small man-made island in the Ikoyi ...

A man-made island just east of the commercial center of Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, has emerged as a wealthy residential enclave. Banana Island, completed in 2000, is about five miles east of ...

Architect Tosin Oshinowo is no stranger to versatility. She has designed one of the largest malls in Lagos, Nigeria, beach houses on the city’s coast and homes for internally displaced people in the ...

The dismantling of unlawful constructions at highbrow Banana Island, Ikoyi, flagged for demolition by Lagos State government, has started on Wednesday. According to representatives of the Lagos State ...

A friend of mine met a really cute Nigerian girl at a nightclub in Lagos recently. He’s got a certain je ne sais quoi with the ladies. So he approached her, chatted her up for about an hour or so, and ...

‎The federal government has ordered an immediate suspension of all land allocations and reclamation activities along the Lagos Lagoon shoreline, including Banana Island, as part of sweeping reforms to ...

A former Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Adeniyi Oyemade, has raised the alarm over a building under construction in Banana Island, Lagos, claiming that it posed a serious risk to ...

The Lagos State Government has announced that it will begin marking illegal buildings on Banana Island for demolition, by Monday. Mr Gbolahan Oki, General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency ...

Mansions are not just homes; they’re symbols of luxury and status and Nigeria is home to some of the most luxurious and expensive mansions in Africa. Business moguls, politicians, and celebrities own ...

Banana Island, which is Nigeria’s answer to Paris’s Seventh Arrondissement, San Diego’s La Jolla, New York City’s Tribeca and Tokyo’s Shibuya and Roppongi, is a small man-made island in the Ikoyi ...