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Makoko demolitions: Groups condemn Lagos over deaths, forced evictions, youth leader’s arrest

The Centre for Children's Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) Nigeria, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa...

Groups decry forced eviction of over 3,000 residents from Lagos community

On Thursday, November 27, 2025, residents of Precious Seed (a.k.a. Ferry) community awoke to find the Lagos State Task Force officials and an excavator...

Residents, civil society decry forced eviction of over 10,000 at Lagos communities

Organised residents of informal settlements and members of civil society have condemned the mass forced eviction of the people of Ilaje Otumara and Baba...

Communities, activists condemn threat of forced eviction over Port Harcourt waterfront settlements

A Rivers State Government Task Force on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, visited several waterfront communities in the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, arbitrarily marked...

Residents, group condemn Otodo Gbame community’s demolition

The Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation (Federation) and the Justice & Empowerment Initiatives Nigeria (JEI) have condemned the demolition and forced eviction of...

WUF6: Amnesty International flays forced eviction, UN launches ‘Open UN-Habitat’ website

As representatives of governments and city authorities of over 100 countries discuss the future of the world's urban centres in the Italian city of...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...
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Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global financial leaders on...

Cobalt mining in Congo: Dirty truth behind ‘clean’ electric cars

Electric cars are sold as clean. But, in southern Congo, communities near the Tenke Fungurume mine are breathing toxic...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC),...

Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a...