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Makoko Demolitions: CEE-HOPE, HOMEF, CAPPA Condemn Lagos Government Over Deaths, Forced Evictions, Youth Leader’s Arrest

January 13, 2026 0

The Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEEHOPE) Nigeria, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have strongly condemned the Lagos State Government’s ongoing brutal demolition of homes at the Makoko waterfront community which has reportedly resulted in the death of two babies and an adult, mass displacements, and the arrest …

Oworonshoki Demolition Victims Say No to Bribery, Propaganda, Demand Real, Adequate Compensation

October 27, 2025 0

The Coalition of Oworonshoki Demolition Victims wishes to alert the general public and relevant authorities to the ongoing charade being carried out under the guise of “compensation” for the victims of the Oworonshoki demolition. This propaganda stunt was carried out yesterday 24th October, 2025 at the Palace of the Oba of Oworonshoki, Oba Babatunde Saliu. In a release jointly signed …

Tales of Woe As Lagos Demolishes Oworonshoki Communities

August 4, 2023 0

A TaskForce from the Lagos State government last week arrived at the Oworonshoki slum communities with a demolition order from the state government. Scores of houses including some worship centres were reduced to heaps of rubbles while the caterpillars roared through the various streets. A non governmental organisation, Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), a child’s right …

Lagos’ Demolition Of Monkey Village, Attack On The Poor, Children’s Education—CEE-HOPE

January 4, 2021 0

A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) has criticised the Lagos State Government for the demolition of Monkey Village, an informal housing settlement in the Opebi area of the state. In the morning of December 31, 2020, truckloads of policemen, thugs descended on the community and with the aid of graders and bulldozers, pulled …

Otodo Gbame: Justifying Demolition, Displacement of Rural Poor?

April 13, 2017 0

By Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa I have always been proud of my heritage as a Lagosian and my connection with the sea. My ancestors were fishermen; my great-grandfather was a well-known Olokun priest from Isale-Eko. Whenever I would visit my grandfather, he would always tell us how the “Okun” took over most of the previous settlement, leading to …