Lagos Lagoon Evictions: Nigeria’s Push for Luxury Developments Threatens Communities
On April 11, 2025, NPR reported a deeply unsettling trend unfolding along Nigeria’s Lagos Lagoon: thousands of residents have been forcibly evicted over the past decade to clear space for luxury developments. Long-standing communities on the lagoon’s peninsulas and islands—once thriving, self-sustaining, and culturally rich—are now under siege. The Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with government … Read more