The Road to a “Fair-Shared” Lagos Published: 21 February 2022 Podcast This podcast drama peers into the fictional world of Iyabeji, a local traditional medicine practitioner, as she reveals the potential of a gender-sensitive and Fair-Shared Lagos City.
YANME TV - Telling Stories of Our Everyday Lives Published: 27 July 2021 Yanme, a community information sharing platform initiated by our partner organization Rethinking Cities, offers young people from low-income communities in Lagos the possibility of reflecting on solutions to socio-economic issues within their communities, of sharing their experiences stretching beyond their neighborhoods and engaging political decision-makers.
Dispossess: Evictions for Development? Published: 22 June 2021 Report Summary As Lagos pushes to become a 'world-class' city, gentrification increases with more low-income residents being displaced under the pretext of 'public interest'. This research summary explores how evicted victims are impacted and its implications on local trade and the Lagos economy. By Immaculata Abba
Flâneuse: Female Perspectives on Navigating Lagos Published: 18 May 2021 Dossier Three female artists use different visual art forms to express the challenges women face as they navigate in an urban environment dominated by patriarchal norms and structures.
In Lagos, the Masks are Gone and so is Trust in Government Published: 22 September 2020 Government’s ability to harness public trust is crucial for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and finding ways out of the crisis. This article takes a look at what drives the widespread skepticism about government's coronavirus response and messaging in Lagos. By Socrates Mbamalu
Kelechi's Quest: A Docu-Drama Series Published: 12 October 2018 Kelechi Udegbe, a budding Nigerian actor in the city of Lagos, features in this 6 part documentary drama series where he weighs his option of finding a suitable accommodation within his budget, thereby sparking a debate about new ways of accessing affordable accommodation and about the equitability of housing policies of Lagos State.
In transiting to Africa’s model Megacity... Where is Lagos for everyday people? Published: 5 March 2018 A modern city is a centre of opportunities for all – rich and poor – to reach their highest potentials, that is governed in an inclusive, collaborative and sustainable manner. Prof. Taibat Lawanson from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Dr. Ademola Omoegun from the Department of Architecture, University of Lagos aimed at understanding how affected people cope with the effects of government interventions for replacing informality with formal structures and how Lagos fares in embracing creative and innovative strategies of inclusive development initiated and implemented by the affected people. By Dr Taibat Lawanson and Dr Ademola Omoegun
Inside the Cleaner Lagos Initiative: Published: 15 January 2018 A synthesis of the gains, losses and opportunities from the city’s privatisation of the waste management sector By Dr. Temilade Sesan
Public Private Partnerships and the Informal Sector Published: 3 October 2017 Lagos State government increasingly ventures into Public Private Partnerships to provide infrastructure in forms of roads, waste management, water supply; even complete residential and commercial “city” projects are outsourced. A very controversial development is the rebuilding of open markets by private developers disrupting decade old economic and social patterns in the informal sector By Gbenga Komolafe
Public Participation and Struggles for Sustainable Spaces in the Community Published: 22 February 2017 Plumes of smoke, splintered wood and twisted pieces of corrugated iron, surrounded by mounds of debris were frequent roadside sightings in 2016 around Eti Osa Local Government in Lagos State. At times these periodic demolitions of roadside shops and markets caused one to stop in ones tracks because they actually resembled bomb sites in a war zone, where destruction takes place without any immediate moves to remove the ugly damage... By Kofo Adeleke
