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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Lagos Assembly orders stop to Makoko demolitions as state government pledges compensation and sustainable redevelopment ...

A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was ...

By Adebowale Johnson Makoko is regarded as the “Venice of Nigeria,” being one of the biggest floating settlements in the country. It is made up of houses on stilts that extend deep into the Lagos ...