Justice & Empowerment Initiatives

22/06/2026

HAPPENING TODAY! After 4.5 years of adjournments, the Court of Appeal will be sitting on the case that was meant to protect Lagos waterfront communities against forced evictions without prior resettlement.

Today, evictees from etc. will demand the court to order the LASG to rebuild communities demolished in violation of court orders.

08/03/2026

This is today — on the 1 year anniversary of the brutal and unlawful of over 13,000 residents of and neighboring . After years of engagement with the Lagos State Government towards community upgrading and development, countless promises from the same government there would be no evictions, against court orders against eviction or demolition, and while community leaders and members of the Otumara Regeneration Committee were in Alausa seeking clarification about rumors of demolition, the same government sent in excavators to tear down their homes, businesses, and community structures.

To all of the future residents of Metro View Estate — this is the history of the stolen land on which you will live, one in which families were ripped apart, kids schooling permanently interrupted, people living on the edge of poverty pushed deeper into impoverishment.

28/01/2026

Evictees peacefully protesting at Alausa — demanding respect for the Nigerian Constitution, for an end to forced evictions of the poor, resettlement and compensation for . What is the response of the Nigerian police — shooting teargas and bullets.

28/01/2026

The scourge of forced evictions in Lagos has never been so intense, so widespread, or so brutal — , Seed , the list goes on. Each eviction a tragedy — families ripped apart, children forced to stop schooling, people pushed deeper into poverty, homelessness, hunger, death — it’s hard to understate the wickedness of excavators tearing through your home, and all those near by, against court orders, without any due process or notice. This must end. This is not the path to development — this is the path to destitution, lawlessness, and greed and corruption at the highest levels of government. We join hands with the tens of thousands of evictees demanding a new way forward. One founded on rule of law, to build a city that works for everyone, no matter if you live in a fancy estate or on stilts above the Lagoon. We demand a human city. Please join us!

16/01/2026

16/01/2026

MAKOKO PROTEST DAY 2 — Broken promises upon broken promises as the illegal demolition displacing 30,000+ continues. The people demand to see Babajide Sanwo-Olu & and immediate halt to the evictions.

16/01/2026

MAKOKO PROTEST DAY 2 — Yesterday, Makoko residents gathered outside the office of Babajide Sanwo-Olu to appeal to an urgent halt to the illegal demolition that has displaced 30,000 and counting. House of Assembly members met them and promised that the demolition would be stopped. This morning as the demolition continues unabated, Makoko community is returning to demand the urgent attention of Babajide Sanwo-Olu &