"A couple more royal visits and this town might look like something," growled a Scotsman in teeming, steaming Lagos last week. Never had the capital of Britain's biggest (373,250 sq. mi.) and most populous (32 million) African dependency undergone such a face-scrubbing as that which was preparing it for the arrival this week of Queen Elizabeth II.
Roads were being widened and resurfaced, ancient potholes filled up. Grey top hats were on sale for the first time in a Lagos department store. In a city nightclub, a hot combo was rocking to the...
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