Thousands displaced from December to February as Lagos authorities destroy homes in Africa’s largest floating village.

For more than a century, Makoko—often described as the largest floating slum in Nigeria, home to an estimated 200,000 people ...

Last week, police in Nigeria’s largest city fired tear gas on people protesting the ongoing demolition of Makoko, an enormous ...

In the latest demolition drive, over 40,000 people were displaced in Makoko, Nigeria’s largest informal settlement. “Such large-scale demolitions cause immense human suffering and can constitute ...

As canoes slide through thick, dark, murky water, they collide with one another, paddles scraping against unseen objects ...

New development should not come at the expense of people impoverished by decades of failed urban planning.In Lagos, the ...

After displacing over 10,000 residents from Nigeria's largest informal settlement on the Lagos waterfront, eyed by investors as prime real estate in Africa's second largest city by economy, the ...

Makoko has existed for decades, evolving into a symbol of Nigeria’s urban contradictions—resilience alongside neglect, and survival amid dysfunction. While its cultural narrative is often celebrated, ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Victor Ahansu was barely awake with his wife and baby twins before the grinding sound of bulldozers woke them. It was all the warning the family had, he said, before fleeing mass ...

Relative calm has returned to Makoko’s waterfront after weeks of tension, protests and uncertainty triggered by Lagos State’s ...