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The Thread: @AkinwunmiAmbode led Lagos, attacks, shoots while evicting its citizens from #OtodoGbame
by Dolapo Adelana Early this morning, men of the Lagos State Task Force and the police reportedly on the orders of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the state's commissioner for environment…
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Ayo Sogunro: Humanity and the sins of Ambode
Sometime last week, the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria visited the rarely remarked Otodo Gbame, a fishing settlement at the Lagos waterfronts. This foreign leader had gone there to assess what…
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“This is Lagos State. We don’t care about court orders” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week
Senator Dino Melaye has had the most stressful week of all but it definitely cannot compare with the kind of week that the survivors of the UK terror attack have…
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SPECIAL EDITORIAL: The Otodo-Gbame Evictions by the Lagos State Government cannot be swept under the carpet
A week ago, bulldozers of the Lagos State Government rolled into Otodo-Gbame, a fishing settlement outside Lekki which the state government terms “illegal” and demolished houses and properties there. By…
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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 24th of March
Read the full stories and analyses here, here and here.
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YNaija Says: We are disappointed, but not surprised at the forced evacuation of Otodo Gbame community by the Lagos State Government
On the 17th of March, just last week, over 4,000 members of the fishing settlement in Otodo Gbame community of Lekki area in Lagos State were rendered homeless in less than…
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The Thread: We need a mechanism to protect the rights of project affected people | #OtodoGbame
Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, has made no bones about the fact that he intends to turn Lagos into a modern mega city. And he's kept his word, what…
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Saatah Nubari: You should be very angry
by Saatah Nubari We are on the edge, dangling our feet, and we have no idea. I read in the news that 4,700 Nigerians were forcefully evicted from their homes in…
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YMonitor
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- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy