Nigeria:  Day After Makoko and Abonema - Frustration of a Homeless Nation (opinion)

Vanguard, 1 August 2012

The recent demolition of shanties constructed at Makoko and Abonema waterfronts in Rivers and Lagos States respectively, has once again brought the age-long housing crisis in ... read more »

Nigeria:  Former Governor Oni Tackles Fashola Over Makoko

Daily Trust, 25 July 2012

Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, yesterday condemned the ejection of residents of Makoko in Lagos, saying Governor Babatunde Fashola should have provided alternative ... read more »

Nigeria:  Policemen At Makoko Demolition Were On Illegal Duty - CP

Vanguard, 24 July 2012

Three of the policemen who participated in the demolition of shanties in Makoko, in Yaba,s Lagos, on the day one of the community's chiefs was killed, were on illegal duties. read more »

Nigeria:  Makoko Residents to Protest Loss of King, Homeland

This Day, 23 July 2012

It is bad enough that they have lost their ancient homeland, but it is even worse that they have also now lost their king. And the residents of Makoko are kitting up for whatever ... read more »

Nigeria:  Makoko - Tales of Tears and Blood Over Eviction

Vanguard, 30 December 2010

WITH memories of the forceful eviction of Maroko residents 20 years ago by the then Colonel Raji Rasaki military administration still fresh in the minds of many people, a similar ... read more »

Nigeria:  Lagos, the Mega-City of Slums

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 5 September 2006

Canoes glide through the black, stinking water as children run along an overhead maze of precarious walkways through Makoko, a growing slum on stilts in Nigeria's sprawling ... read more »