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BY DREW HINSHAW
LAGOS, Nigeria—The few street lamps that once illuminated this ranging metropolis burned out over decades of urban decline. But bulb by bulb, a band of electricians is shedding fresh light on some of the world’s darkest city lanes.
The undertaking symbolizes the slow turnaround of Lagos, a megacity crammed with 21 million people enduring rolling blackouts, overflowing sewage and snarling traffic—urban woes that are the legacy of bureaucratic mismanagement.
Lately, though, Lagos has begun to pretty up. The government has hired litter crews to tidy highways. It has contracted engineers to string up traffic signals. And it has paid landscapers …
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