Demola Adeleye and his family were sleeping in their three-bedroom bungalow when they were awoken by the sound of bulldozers ...

Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These ...

LONDON, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 300,000 people face eviction and could be left homeless as prime waterfront land in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, is cleared of shanty towns to ...

The former Governor of Borno credited the transformation of the state to the quality of ideas Tinubu executed when he was governor of the state between 1999 and 2007. Shettima said this during a Lagos ...

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.