The photographs below show how residents of Makoko, a slum neighborhood located in Lagos, western Nigeria, go through tough conditions to survive life. At present, Makoko population is considered to ...

Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its resolve to clear all buildings and structures erected beneath high-tension power ...

French Montana, the acclaimed musician and philanthropist, has donated 500 canoes to the impoverished community of Makoko in Yaba, Lagos Mainland. Makoko recently served as the backdrop for Montana’s ...

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 ...

Lagos State Government has restated its determination to remove all buildings and structures erected beneath high-tension power lines across the state, warning that such encroachments pose severe ...

LAGOS, Nigeria - The Makoko slum floats on the murky lagoon that separates mainland Nigeria from the island that gave birth to its largest city, a permanent haze of smoke rising from homes built on ...

The Lagos State Government has assured Makoko residents that they would not be evicted in the bid to regenerate the sprawling waterfront community which covers Mainland and Somolu local government ...

Makoko community in Yaba area of Lagos remains a quintessential habitat that is always in the news. For years, its residents defied all odds to make themselves happy and comfortable in the midst of ...

The community based off the coast of Lagos appears in the rapper's music video for "Wish U Well" Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023. Her work ...

After shooting his video “Wish U Well” with Swae Lee last week, French Montana donated 500 canoes to the community of Makoko in Lagos, which served as the primary location for the visual. Local ...