Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode says he plans to ban the yellow minibuses known as "danfos" by the end of the year, AFP news agency has reported.

The vehicles are "not acceptable and befitting for a megacity", the agency quoted him as saying.

Lagos is home to some 20 million people and has seen its population boom without infrastructure and transport services keeping up with demand.

The governor's goal is to replace the buses - as well as motorcycle taxis and three-wheeled motorised rickshaws - with a modern public transportation system.

The first phase of a rapid transport rail system was originally due to open in 2014 and then in December last year, while there are even plans for a cable car system.

Before the buses are banished, here's a reminder of their visual impact, as captured by one photographer over the past month:

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