Lagos State demolishes part of Makoko

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1. Story
2. State authorities cleared a section of the stilt settlement on Lagos Lagoon, displacing thousands of residents after a short notice period. It established the pattern that recurred in 2025–2026: absence of recorded tenure, not the condition of the housing, is what makes a settlement removable.
3. Knowledge
4. Land tenure security
5. Makoko
6. Lagos State demolishes part of Makoko
7. Connections
8. Makoko
9. Land tenure security
10. Informal settlement
11. Lagos
12. Eko Atlantic
13. Lagos State demolishes part of Makoko
14. Makoko is cleared again, and the legislature stops it
15. Informal settlement
16. Urban housing supply
17. Lagos State demolishes part of Makoko
18. Makoko is cleared again, and the legislature stops it
19. Evidence
20. Supports the account of demolitions at Makoko from late December 2025, the removal of more than three thousand structures, UN-attributed displacement figures above forty thousand, the Lagos State government's stated power-line rationale, residents' contrary account, and the Lagos State House of Assembly halting the operation in February 2026. V55 verification basis: contemporaneous journalism, retrieved in summary; no UN or state government document was retrieved, and the population and displacement figures remain disputed.