ABUJA, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is named after a massive nearby rubbish dump, but people are queuing up to move into Abuja's Big Bola slum as rents skyrocket in more salubrious parts ...

An Integrated Deprived Area Mapping System (IDEAMAPS) Network in partnership with the University of Lagos and other organisations has launched a three-year project to develop a data-sharing ecosystem ...

The Fed eral Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has issued a week notice to hundreds of squatters taking refuge under bridges in Garki, Wuse II, Maitama and Wuse Districts of Abuja, to ...

The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria has warned that rapid urbanisation is worsening housing pressure in major cities, leading to rising costs, infrastructure strain, and increasing ...

Using data from the World Bank and the Participatory Slum Upgrading Program (PSUP) by the UN-Habitat, here are the top 10 countries with the highest slum population: Countries with the largest slum ...

Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines, and leaves a Lagos shop with a bag brimming with discarded fabric. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burned or thrown into the ...

ABUJA – Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has congratulated the young Nigerian chess players from the Chess in Slums Initiative for their ...