Twins festival for Nigerian city

A NIGERIAN city with an unusually high number of twins has celebrated the phenomenon at an annual festival.

Nearly every family in the south-western city of Igbo-Ora has twins or other multiple births, according to local chief Jimoh Titiloye. For the past 12 years, the community has organised an annual festival to celebrate twins. The event included more than 1,000 pairs of twins.