Lagos in Nigeria is the second-fastest growing city in Africa and the fourth worst city on earth, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU). Rapid growth is not always a good thing because Lagos is now a magnet for two perpetual threats to peace: pirates and Islamist warriors. Boko Haram have a problem with cities like Lagos and also lots of weaponry
Pirates threaten trade and use kidnapping as a method of funding. Islamist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram ("Education is forbidden") want to create their own version of heaven on earth by destroying cities such as Lagos and imposing strict sharia law.
Lagos has enormous potential but as yet little to show for it - hence its poor ranking.
Source: IBTimes
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