Often called Africa's Venice, Makoko is a sprawling stilt community on the Lagos waterfront. But like many of the city's waterfront neighborhoods, it faces mass evictions in the name of development.

Makoko itself had become the immediate flashpoint, suffering yet another cycle of destruction One fact is now unmistakable.

Gbenga Omotoso insists Makoko demolitions prioritise safety, warning residents not to risk lives for livelihood or ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Victor Ahansu was barely awake with his wife and baby twins before the grinding sound of bulldozers woke them. It was all the warning the family had, he said, before fleeing mass ...

Ebikamo Eruwari, a 72-year-old retiree, survived death after his home was demolished in Makoko, a slum waterfront community in Lagos.

Every Saturday morning, Joshua Idowu, 37, picks up his soccer cleats and a whistle and leaves his home in Makoko, a ...

The Lagos State Assembly has recommended the relocation of displaced residents of Makoko waterfront in Yaba, to the Epe area ...

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 ...