The coalition of civil society groups described the demolitions as part of a systemic attack on the urban poor, carried out without consultation, compensation, or resettlement.Human rights and civil ...

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 ...

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

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thousands of people were fleeing a Nigeria slum as security forces ...

Amphibious excavators escorted by armed policemen roar through Makoko, Africa's largest and most legendary floating slum, crushing hundreds of wooden shacks built on stilts above the lagoon in the ...

Shettima says Tinubu has the capacity to bring his wealth of experience to bear if elected as Nigeria’s president. Kashim Shettima, the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ...

There are public offices that come with prestige, and there are others that come with permanent controversy. The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources occupies the latter.

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, ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rights groups say thousands of people are fleeing a Nigeria slum as security forces use gunfire and tear gas to make way for demolitions in defiance of a recent court order.