A passenger sits in a car wearing a mask, which he said was to prevent him catching the new coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria Friday, March 27, 2020. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A boy swims in the polluted water of the Makoko community in Lagos, Nigeria on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)





People gather at the scene of a gas explosion near destroyed buildings in Lagos on March 15, 2020. A gas explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos killed at least 15 people, injured many more and destroyed around 50 buildings on March 15, 2020. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP Photo)





People wearing face masks walk past closed street stalls and shops due to a government ban on the operation of non-essential businesses and markets to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A man walks on logs of wood placed on the river at the Makoko community in Lagos, Nigeria on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)





A man carries a box of surgical face masks on his head while wearing one, as he walks past closed shops due to a government ban on the operation of non-essential businesses and markets to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask walks on the street, opposite the Central mosque in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, March 20, 2020. The government banned all religious activities for four weeks following confirmation of coronavirus cases in the country. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A woman sells herbal medicine from the back of a car, outside the Central Mosque in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, March 20, 2020. The government banned all religious activities for four weeks following confirmation of coronavirus cases in the country. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





People travel by canoe in the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday March 21, 2020. Lockdowns have begun in Africa as coronavirus cases rise above 1,000, while Nigeria on Saturday announced it is closing airports to all incoming international flights for one month in the continent's most populous country. Concerns are mounting for the welfare of Nigeria's most vulnerable community on stilts over spread of Covid-19 with little or no chances for social distancing as confirmed positive cases of the disease is on the rise. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Internally displaced families receive food items from Nigeria's Victims Support Fund, as the authorities struggle to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Abuja, Nigeria on April 14, 2020. (Photo by Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)





Women wearing face mask buy crayfish at a market in Lagos, Nigeria on Monday, May 4, 2020. Though Nigeria begun a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on Monday, its confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





People go to work as authorities ease the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Abuja, Nigeria on May 4, 2020. (Photo by Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)





People queue in the rain to board a bus at a motor park in Lagos, Nigeria, 28 May 2020. The Lagos metropolitan government is considering the reopening of its economy over the next few weeks, following the partial lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Men sleep on top of packets of sachet water arranged in a truck driven through a market in Mafoluku district, Lagos, Nigeria, 20 May 2020. With Lagos as the epicentre of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa has a record of 6,401 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according the data shown on the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control website on 20 May 2020. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People collect food items at a makeshift food distribution centre organized by BUA Foundation along a road in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, 14 May 2020. During the last week, lockdowns are eased in Lagos as numbers of infections continue to rise for the coronavirus SARS-COV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Shop assistants wearing face masks to prevent against the spread of the new coronavirus take stock in a supermarket in Lagos, Nigeria Friday, March 27, 2020. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Nigerian people remove water from their house after heavy rains caused flood in Lagos, Nigeria on June 18, 2020. (Photo by Adeyinka Yusuf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Children are seen on a bike after Muslims in Nigeria perform Eid prayer following the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nasarawa on May 24, 2020. (Photo by Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)





A watch repairer, wearing a face mask to protect himself from coronavirus, waits for customers on the street in Lagos Nigeria, Monday May 4, 2020. Though Nigeria begun a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on Monday, its confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Boxers compete in a traditional combat sport known as 'Danbe' at a gym in Lagos, Nigeria, 28 June 2020. Danbe is a popular discipline among the Hausa-Fulani people from the northern part of Nigeria. The fights feature live commentary in the Hausa language as well as traditional musical entertainment. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/EPA/EFE)