Residents of Makoko, Oko-Agbon and Sogunro in the Yaba area of Lagos State have rejected plans to relocate them to the Epe axis of the state following the demolition of…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has recommended that residents affected by the demolition of waterfront communities in Makoko, Oko-Agbon and Sogunro be relocated to the Agbowa area of Epe…
Anxiety has gripped residents of Makoko, Sogunro and Oko-Agbon communities in Lagos following the conclusion of the assignment of an ad-hoc committee of the Lagos State House of Assembly investigating…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its directive halting any construction on the demolished sites in Makoko and Shogunle communities, pending the conclusion of reconciliation efforts expected within…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has imposed a construction ban on Makoko and Shogunle communities pending the conclusion of reconciliation with affected residents within a two-week period. The House…
Residents sit outside their demolished stilt houses, after the metropolitan government begins the demolition of the Makoko riverine settlement on the Lagoon in Lagos Residents sit outside their demolished stilt…
By GEB Nigeria’s urban housing landscape in 2026 presents a striking and unsettling contradiction. On one end of the spectrum, luxury real estate continues to expand, buoyed by diaspora remittances,…
By Marcel Mbamalu In the shadows of Lagos’ gleaming skyscrapers, a different story unfolds. In Makoko, a historic waterfront community, thousands are left homeless, their homes reduced to rubble, and…
Amid the demolition of homes and properties in the Makoko waterfront community and its environs, citizens have called on the Lagos state government to help them after being rendered helpless…
The recent demolition exercises in some parts of Lagos State, especially Makoko, have not only led to thousands of people being rendered homeless, but many students having no where to…