Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Nigerian police lob teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators during a protest by residents of Makoko riverine ...

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, ...

Lagos is Nigeria’s most populous city with a growth rate of about 11 per cent yearly, three times that of the country. The state occupies about 3,577km2 with about 787km2 or 22 per cent covered by the ...

Most evenings, Abigail Hounkpe can be found paddling her wooden canoe on the murky waters in Makoko, a waterfront community on the Lagos lagoon in Nigeria's southwest. She stops in front of a church ...

Nigerian police ‍fired tear gas to disperse residents protesting in Lagos on January 28 over demolition work in ⁠one of Africa's largest floating slums, the Makoko slum, that has displaced thousands ...

The coastal city of Lagos is the largest city in both Nigeria and all of Africa, with a metro area population of 21 million. It is one of only three mega-cities — cities with a population exceeding 10 ...

Here are 5 recent books and be it the slums, a futuristic version of the city or an alien invasion, they all have one thing in common - they bring us Lagos. Lagos is a very beautiful city, it is the ...

Nigerian Police Fire Tear Gas, Protester Injured in Lagos Floating Slum Protests LAGOS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Nigerian police fired ‌tear gas to disperse residents ‌protesting in Lagos on Wednesday over ...