Esther Ikechukwu, a beneficiary of Slum2School project attends a virtual class from her home in Makoko, Lagos LAGOS (Reuters) - Outside her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks ...

A woman sits in a canoe as she sells food to children at the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon LAGOS (Reuters) - When his boat capsized during a storm last year, Nigerian fisherman Tanti ...

Seated outside her home in Makoko, a low-income community in Lagos, Nigeria's bustling megacity, Margaret Okpoe is tapping away on her new tablet. The 14-year-old is trying to connect to a virtual ...

Ajegunle, a sprawling slum of about 5 million residents on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's noisy and chaotic commercial capital, has a notorious reputation. Its ominous nickname is "The Jungle." Yet ...

Authorities in Nigeria evicted thousands of impoverished residents from a Lagos slum, leaving many homeless, residents and eyewitnesses told CNN. Residents described scenes of panic and confusion ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rights groups say thousands of people are fleeing a Nigeria slum as security forces use gunfire and tear gas to make way for demolitions in defiance of a recent court order.

LAGOS, May 6 (Reuters) - A dozen children crowd around plastic tables in the Majidun neighbourhood of Lagos. Intently focused on plastic mats printed with chess boards, the children thoughtfully move ...

Some few weeks ago Rick Ross released the video of his Nigerian version of ‘Hold Me Back’ to the consternation of many. While some Nigerians outrightly condemned the video in no uncertain terms and ...

Slum2School has given laptops to pupils in a Lagos slum so they can continue their schooling with live remote lessons during the COVID-19 crisis LAGOS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Outside her home in the Lagos ...

Ajegunle is called "The Jungle" because it's extremely difficult to survive there, Dagga Tolar says. He says he escapes the slum life through his creativity. A dirt road in Ajegunle. The slum is home ...

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LAGOS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Outside her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks two upturned buckets, places a handbag on top and rests a tablet against it. Her balancing act finished, ...