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Nigeria's waterfront communities push back against evictions

Jun 24, 2026
Residents in Lagos are demanding the government respect a court order protecting them from unlawful eviction from their land. Authorities regularly expel residents from poorer waterfront settlements, citing a need to develop the land but it is often later sold on to the rich. Now some evictees are pushing back against what they say is illegal harassment..
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