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Further information on UA 51/13 NIGERIA - DEMOLITIONS CEASE BUT PEOPLE STILL HOMELESS
NIGERIA Hundreds of people in Badia East settlement in Lagos State, Nigeria, are still at risk of further evictions, after they were forcibly evicted from their homes on 23 February. The authorities did not extend the demolitions into other parts of Badia East, but the fear of further ...
UA 51/13 NIGERIA - HUNDREDS FORCIBLY EVICTED IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
NIGERIA At least 300 homes have been demolished and hundreds of residents have been left homeless as Lagos State officials carried out a forced eviction on 23 February in Badia East settlement in Lagos, Nigeria. Thousands more remain at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes. ...
UA 317/12 NIGERIA - TWO PRISONERS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION
NIGERIA Two prisoners on death row in Benin City, Edo State, south west Nigeria are in imminent danger of being executed, after the governor signed their death warrants in early October. Court cases are pending to stay the executions. At the beginning of October, the Governor of ...
Follow-up information on UA 184/12 NIGERIA - THOUSANDS FORCIBLY EVICTED IN PORT HARCOURT
NIGERIA An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people have been forcibly evicted from their homes in Abonnema Wharf waterfront in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. The Rivers State government demolished Abonnema Wharf between 27 June and 2 July. Many people were forced to sleep outside on the ...
Further information on UA 184/12 NIGERIA - THOUSANDS FORCIBLY EVICTED IN PORT HARCOURT
NIGERIA Thousands of people in Abonnema Wharf have been forcibly evicted from their homes and many are in urgent need of emergency housing and relief services after the Rivers State authorities demolished their homes in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. After five days of demolitions in Abonnema Wharf ...
UA 184/12 NIGERIA - THOUSANDS AT RISK OF FORCED EVICTION
NIGERIA Thousands of people are at risk of forced eviction in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. The security forces began demolishing their homes on 27 June: nearly 300 homes have been demolished and hundreds of people have been made homeless. An estimated 30,000 people will be ...
Further information UA: 43/12 Nigeria - FORCED EVICTION HALTED
NIGERIA The planned demolition of the Railway Quarter in Port Harcourt was halted by the state authorities after pressure from the community, local NGOs and Amnesty International. The demolition of the Railway Quarter in Port Harcourt that was expected to take place on 13 February was ...
UA 43/12 NIGERIA - HUNDREDS AT RISK OF FORCED EVICTION
NIGERIA Hundreds of people are facing forced eviction from their homes in Port Harcourt after the Governor of Rivers State told their community their homes would be demolished. Some 15 buildings had already been demolished, leaving over 100 people homeless. The Governor of Rivers State visited residents ...
UA 204/11 NIGERIA - HUNDREDS FORCIBLY EVICTED IN ABUJA
NIGERIA Hundreds of people were forcibly evicted from their homes in an informal settlement in Abuja, Nigeria. The settlement was burnt down by a government task force and at least one person was killed. Hundreds of people were forcibly evicted from their homes and at least one ...
