Housing Crisis

“I Was Evicted Over a ₦40,000 Tax”: Inside Abuja’s Bitter Landlord-Tenant War Simbiat Usman displays the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) tenement rate demand notice issued to her property in Abuja. (Photo: Mirian/AHR)

Simbiat Usman displays the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) tenement rate demand notice issued to her property in Abuja. (Photo: Mirian/AHR)

“I Was Evicted Over a ₦40,000 Tax”: Inside Abuja’s Bitter Landlord-Tenant War

Oluwatobi Adu July 12, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria- thousands of Abuja residents, finding a home is only the beginning of an expensive journey....

Nigeria’s Housing Deficit May Hit 28m – Lagos Warns Lagos housing officials discussing Nigeria’s growing housing deficit during a ministerial briefing

Lagos housing officials discussing Nigeria’s growing housing deficit during a ministerial briefing

Nigeria’s Housing Deficit May Hit 28m – Lagos Warns

Mirian Gom May 27, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government warns that Nigeria’s effective housing deficit could rise to nearly...

Homes on Water, Lives in Limbo: How Lagos’ Push for Development Is Unmooring Makoko’s Poor Children in school uniform standing on makeshift structures in Makoko

Children in school uniform standing on makeshift structures in Makoko

Homes on Water, Lives in Limbo: How Lagos’ Push for Development Is Unmooring Makoko’s Poor

Korede Abdullah February 11, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The first sound was not an announcement or a siren. It was the slow,...