Tunde Agando was paddling his way back to Makoko floating settlement in his canoe on a January afternoon, after taking his ...

Makoko has always defied simple description. To some, it is an eyesore — a floating slum clinging precariously to the Lagos Lagoon. To others, it is a living archive of resilience, an economic ...

Makoko community should stop all building on the demolished properties;  Makoko community should set up a 10-man committee ...

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 ...

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

Speaking further, the school owner who provides tuition-free education for children in the community, explained: “About five ...

The recent demolition in Makoko, a shanty settlement on the margin of Lagos coastal city, is reminiscent of the state’s latent yet potent ...

In this special report, Associate Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUF interrogates that claim, the regeneration promises behind it, and the process that followed By any measure, Makoko is one of Lagos’ most complex ...

PREMIUM TIMES saw the clinical report and MRI scan issued shortly after the activist's rough-handling and detention by the police.

Wittingly, the Lagos State’s THEMES agenda identifies the Blue Economy as a strategic priority. Leaders in the governance ...

The waterfront settlement of Makoko was filled with emotion on Monday as residents and schoolchildren appealed for government ...

Stakeholders from Makoko, Sogunro and Oko Agbon communities in Lagos State have agreed with the state government to constitute a 10-man committee to conduct a self-enumeration of buildings affected by ...