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 challenges ...

Nigeria's housing sector is in crisis, with a gaping shortage of affordable homes pushing millions of desperate citizens into ...

Lagos generates over 13,000 metric tonnes of waste daily — an overwhelming figure that threatens the city’s infrastructure ...

The commissioner revealed that over 800,000 properties have been enumerated into the database, and plans are on to get them ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant ...

Puppeteers move cardboard animals at the Makoko slum in Lagos, Nigeria on April 19 as part of “The Herds,” a moving theater performance. (Sunday Alamba/Associated Press) Photo Gallery ...

Puppeteers move cardboard animals in canoes at the Makoko Slum in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, April 19, 2025, as part of "The Herds," a moving theatre performance that started its journey from the ...

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 ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard puppet animals ...