https://www.scmp.com/rss/505929/feed Orji Sunday is a freelance journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Nigerian and Chinese flags flutter in the morning breeze atop of the rampart of Chinatown in the city of Lagos. It’s a tall wall, modelled after the medieval Great Wall of China, painted red and fortified by bricks. Its gate is half open, with three security officers with handheld thermometers checking temperatures of traders and customers coming in. Beside the gate, a water bucket, a bottle of hand sanitiser and liquid soap serve for routine handwashing while a few Chinese mingle in a terrace... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3096652/life-after-coronavirus-lockdown-nigerias-chinatown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3096652/life-after-coronavirus-lockdown-nigerias-chinatown?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Aug 2020 22:00:13 +0000 Midnight gunshots in early April in Abule-Egba, a densely populated district in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos, startled Victor Osadiaye. He stood by his window, watching the scenes unfold in the street outside his home. The violent robbery ended about 20 minutes later. “I have never seen anything like this all my life. It was like war,” he said. “Not just me, everyone was shocked because this doesn’t always happen.” A small crowd of men, women and children gathered in his neighbourhood later... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3084816/gangs-terrorised-africas-largest-city-coronavirus-lockdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3084816/gangs-terrorised-africas-largest-city-coronavirus-lockdown?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 May 2020 03:34:53 +0000