Lagos, Nigeria - Extremely wealthy folks often have to deal with a major predicament: How to subtly demonstrate their pre-eminence and superiority over the merely rich.

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Africa also boasts many huge, rapidly growing cities, but it's hard to identify many of these places--like Lagos, Nigeria, Luanda, Angola or Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo--as bright prospects.

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Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit, Michigan, had a one-way ticket from Accra, Ghana, to Lagos, Nigeria, and a round-trip ticket for his trip from Lagos to the Netherlands and then to Detroit, according to the Nigerian Aviation Authority.

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South Africans were turned away at Lagos airport - those working in Nigeria suddenly faced a lot of questions over their immigration papers.

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Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- The mother of Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released by her kidnappers, five days after she was seized from her home, Nigerian police said Friday.

CNN: Kidnappers free mother of Nigerian finance minister

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least one person died and 40 people were seriously injured in Nigeria on Wednesday when an explosion and fire erupted in a crowded Lagos marketplace, authorities said.

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Fastjet's foray into the African market comes amid a tumultuous time for aviation industry in the continent -- earlier this month, a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, killed all 153 people aboard.

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Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, and Faleke Oluwatoyin, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola displayed their invention this week at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, an annual event meant to showcase ingenuity.

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