Most evenings, Abigail Hounkpe can be found paddling her wooden canoe on the murky waters in Makoko, a waterfront community on the Lagos lagoon in Nigeria's southwest. She stops in front of a ...

Makoko and Iwaya had higher sanitation challenges. The third dimension in the severe deprivation category was health. Indicators included mortality and nutrition.

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.

Leaders in the Makoko community in Lagos State have condemned residents building and living in shanties under power lines, ...

Residents of the Aiyetoro area in Makoko, Lagos, received much-needed medical attention and support over the weekend, as a health organisation founded by young medical student, Ifeoluwa Oyewole ...

French Montana, Swae Lee, gamma. and SALXCO have donated 500 canoes to the Makoko community in Lagos, Nigeria after the rapper filmed his "Wish U Well" music video there.

Babatunde Onakoya teaches children to play chess at a community palace in Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria May 5, 2021. Reuters Omoyele practices at home, in a room with watermarked concrete walls and ...

For some, Makoko is an escape from Lagos, a city of millions where families cram into one-room apartments or sleep in unfinished buildings. Others view the slum as an eyesore where the 100,000 ...

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 ...

Makoko and Iwaya are particularly deprived in areas like schooling, sanitation and nutrition. This explains their higher poverty levels compared to other communities.