Lagos, Dec 22, 2025 (AFP) - A night out on the town during Nigeria's 'Detty December'

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2025-12-22

The first winds of west Africa's Harmattan dry season are in the air, and Lagos, the economic capital of the continent's most populous country, is abuzz. It's "Detty December", when the city turns into a site of pilgrimage for Nigerians and those in the diaspora to make their way home for the holidays -- and party. The frenetic mega-city, churning with some 20 million people on a normal day, swells each year as it absorbs the newcomers. AFP repor......

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