The letter, titled “Request to Include the People of Makoko Waterfront in the Planned Water City Project in Lagos State,” ...

Although Makoko may be known as a community with half of its population living on the water, majority of the community residents are facing serious challenges regarding access to portable water. In ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to include residents of Makoko and other affected waterfront communities in the proposed Water City Project, instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lagos, Nigeria – Tunde Agando was paddling his way back to Makoko floating settlement in his canoe on a January afternoon, after ...

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 along ...

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 church ...

According to the activist, many displaced residents are now forced to sleep on their boats on the lagoon, exposing them to hunger, disease, and harsh weather conditions. An activist, Francis Nwapa, ...