Nigeria: Lagos, Other Cities Face Threat of Climate Change - Higher Crime Rates - Report

14 November 2018

Nigeria's commercial nerve centre, Lagos, faces huge threats from climate change and attendant higher crime rates over the next 30 years, researchers at UK-based Verisk Maplecroft said Wednesday in a report.

The report said Africa's rapidly expanding cities face huge threats which could bring knock-on effects such as higher crime rates and civil unrest.

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