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Being a Naija

500 languages, 180 million people: how do Nigerians see themselves?

Lagos is Africa's most populous city stretching from the Atlantic seaboard and lagoons from where the city gets its name to the Nigerian mainland. Over 20 million people live there - around 100 working as journalists at the BBC Lagos bureau. It's through their lives that we're getting to know another side of Nigeria today.

Image: BBC Lagos staff
Credit: BBC

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