The Republic
Lagos State · Crises, Wars & Protests

Lagos State · Crisis deep dive

Research notes

Sources: Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters (Justice Doris Okuwobi, 15 Nov 2021); Justice Niki Tobi Commission on the Ikeja Cantonment Explosions (2002); Civil Liberties Organisation Annual Reports (1989–1999); Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, *Britain, Leftist Nationalists and the Transfer of Power in Nigeria* (2006) for the 1945 General Strike; Wale Adebanwi, *Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria* (2014) for OPC/Mushin formation; Robin Law, *The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550–1750* (1991) for the Eko slaving era; Robert S. Smith, *The Lagos Consulate 1851–1861* (1978) for the bombardment & cession.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.