•David Umahi (left) The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has directed contractors handling the ongoing Trans-Sahara Highway project to minimise the demolition of houses and properties along the road alignment. Umahi gave the directive during inspection of the federal government’s Trans-Sahara Highway project, assuring residents and stakeholders...
•Property demolition in Lagos The Association of Igbo Town Unions, ASITU, has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the ECOWAS Court of Justice over the persistent demolition of shops and properties belonging to Igbo traders and investors in Lagos. National President of ASI...
•Governors In this piece, the practice of sitting governors demolishing property owned by their opponents to score political points is examined, reports Sunday PUNCH. The Chinese military strategist, Mao Zedong, defined politics as war without bloodshed. Events in Nigeria’s political environment in the past few years have lent credence to that...

