Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to ...

Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country. Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet ...

Lagos-based contemporary artist Damilola Moses Opedun says years spent mentoring children in Makoko have transformed not only his ...

Esther Ikechukwu, a beneficiary of Slum2School project attends a virtual class from her home in Makoko, Lagos LAGOS (Reuters) - Outside her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks ...

For Dr Obafemi Hamzat, the challenge before the next administration in Lagos is not merely building more roads or rail lines, but creating a city where residents can live, work and move around with ...

Kashim Shettima, the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Lagos was a slum before Bola Tinubu transformed the state into one of the largest economies in Africa. The ...

Join me as I explore the vibrant and resilient community of Makoko, Nigeria—often referred to as the "Venice of Africa." ...

John Eromosele records the coordinates of a bustling canal on his smartphone from aboard a dug-out canoe navigating the floating slum of Makoko in Nigerian megacity Lagos. The waterway is “like a ...

An aerial view of a waterfront slum in Lagos, Nigeria. Shutterstock The Nigerian government has adopted a range of strategies to manage the spread of COVID-19. However, as desirable as the strategies ...

Human vulnerability has come to the fore with the coronavirus practically bringing the world to its knees. National and city governments are taking bold steps for mitigation and containment. In ...

Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Co. Ltd (SEEPCO) in partnership with Chess in Slum Africa, has organised a ‘Chess Beyond Borders’ event for the children from slums, at Bon Voyage Hotel, ...