A researcher, Nura Ali, has said that addressing the social, health and other challenges of Makoko, a slum community in Lagos State, would be easier to achieve if solutions are sought from the point ...

The photographs below show how residents of Makoko, a slum neighborhood located in Lagos, western Nigeria, go through tough conditions to survive life. At present, Makoko population is considered to ...

The community based off the coast of Lagos appears in the rapper's music video for "Wish U Well" Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023. Her work ...

LAGOS, Nigeria - The Makoko slum floats on the murky lagoon that separates mainland Nigeria from the island that gave birth to its largest city, a permanent haze of smoke rising from homes built on ...

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 ...

The Lagos State Government has assured Makoko residents that they would not be evicted in the bid to regenerate the sprawling waterfront community which covers Mainland and Somolu local government ...

Residents work to dismantle the Makoko floating school after it collapsed in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye By Sharon Ogunleye LAGOS ...

Twitch star Kai Cenat provided an update on his long-promised Nigerian school project during the kickoff of his highly anticipated Mafiathon 3 livestream. The announcement follows months of questions ...

French Montana, the acclaimed musician and philanthropist, has donated 500 canoes to the impoverished community of Makoko in Yaba, Lagos Mainland. Makoko recently served as the backdrop for Montana’s ...

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 ...