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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Join me as I explore the vibrant and resilient community of Makoko, Nigeria—often referred to as the "Venice of Africa." Located in Lagos, Makoko is one of the largest floating slums in the world, ...

Housing and urban development experts have warned that Lagos currently has no fewer than 145 slums, with about 66 per cent of its residents living in informal settlements, raising concerns over a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...