Makoko slum in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos is built on stilts and was founded as a fishing village in the 19th Century. It is home to more than 100,000 migrants from West African countries.

In the heart of Makoko, one of Africa’s largest slums, a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy defied all odds to become a ...

Other communities, like Makoko, whose houses on stilts over the Lagos lagoon have earned it the fascination of tourists and ...

The distribution will begin in June 2025, starting in Makoko, one of Lagos’ most vulnerable communities. In fact, this project aligns with Lagos State’s THEMES++ agenda, promoting sustainable ...

Experts in Nigeria’s housing sector have tasked the governments at all levels to address the housing deficit in the country.

The man I hired to drive me around during my three weeks in Lagos, Daniel Sunday, took me one day to the neighborhood where he was born and raised: Makoko, a fetid shantytown on stilts in Lagos ...

starting in Makoko. “Lagos’s strategic leadership in this project aligns seamlessly with the state’s THEMES++ agenda, unlocking new sources of sustainable revenue, green investments ...

Lagos' floating theatre Residents of Lagos' Makoko slum watch famous actresses perform alongside novices picked from the neighbourhood in this play about gender equality. The set features a ...

Some Lagos residents have called on the state government ... to this menace as it affects residents’ way of life. Another Makoko resident, Mr Saheed Abbas, an artisan, lamented the hardship ...