“Findings from a 2010 research carried out by Action Health Incorporated (AHI) among 480 adolescent girls in Iwaya – a densely populated slum in Lagos, showed that almost half (45.2 percent ...

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 ...

In Lagos, extremes of existence are side by side. An obsession with soccer seems to be the only common ground. Gated luxury with a slum at arm's length - Los Angeles Times ...

According to him, slum communities in Lagos are the worst hit when it borders on poverty, as according to her, most girls in the area depend solely on illegal activities for sustenance.

Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet basic needs for living, such as food, water, shelter, health care and education.

Authorities in Nigeria evicted thousands of impoverished residents from a Lagos slum, leaving many homeless, residents and eyewitnesses told CNN. Residents described scenes of panic and confusion ...

A dozen children crowd around plastic tables in the Majidun neighbourhood of Lagos. ... the 2016 film about a girl who escapes poverty in a Kenyan slum through chess, ...

Millions of people in Lagos live in slums . Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health . Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet basic needs for living, such as food, water, shelter, health care and education.

Lagos slum evictions don’t work: 6 ways city planners can actually help the poor Published: May 18, 2025 1:42am EDT. Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe, Crawford University . Author ...