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 cardboard ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria — 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 ...

Nigerian musician and songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, garnered attention after he was spotted giving out 100 million naira for Christmas to local children in ...

Kai Cenat, a renowned American streamer and YouTuber, has disclosed his ambitions to build a school for children living in Makoko’s floating slums, an informal neighbourhood in Lagos, Nigeria. The ...

The headquarters of RCCG is adjacent to Makoko slum along the Lagos lagoon front. The poverty there is dead end rock bottom. Daddy Freeze said the Church should pay tithes to the poor in the slums, ...

The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) has partnered with Aliko Dangote Foundation to distribute 2509 bags of 10kg rice to Makoko residents. The rice was donated by Aliko ...

Edwin, Blessing and Jonas live in Makoko. They join Godfred, Priscilla, Pape and Rougui in our #BorntoLearn campaign to show that all children have the potential to thrive when they are given the ...