Coalition against demolitions, forced evictions, land grabbing and displacements in Lagos state says 12 persons have died and thousands displaced over the recent demolitions in Makoko, Owode Onirin, ...

But conditions here are dire, as the slum remains excluded from urban planning. There is no sewage system, no waste ...

The coalition of civil society groups described the demolitions as part of a systemic attack on the urban poor, carried out ...

Opinion - With the massive destruction of homes in one of Nigeria's largest slums, the Nigerian State has shamelessly gone rogue by stealthily using administrative convenience to dispossess the poor ...

In the opening weeks of 2026, Nigeria has been plagued by a series of devastating fire outbreaks, exposing critical lapses in ...

Through the Voice from the Slum Initiative (VOISIN), Yusuf also began extending learning opportunities to underprivileged ...

Amphibious excavators escorted by armed policemen roar through Makoko, Africa's largest and most legendary floating slum, ...

Amphibious excavators escorted by armed policemen have roared through Makoko, Africa's largest and most legendary floating ...

Makoko is a vast floating community built on stilts above the water in Lagos, Nigeria. Often called the “Venice of Africa,” ...

Over the next 25 years alone, an additional 140.3 million people, a figure more than double the current urban population, ...