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Lagos State · Crises, Wars & Protests

Lagos State · Crisis deep dive

Tinubu (2023–present)

  • 1–10 Aug 2024 — #EndBadGovernance protests (Lagos). Subsidy-removal-driven inflation triggers the largest cost-of-living protests since 2012; Lagos turnout at Ojota and Ikeja under 5,000 (security siege and pre-protest arrests by DSS suppress numbers), 0 dead in Lagos but 22 dead nationally. Pre-emptive shutting of Eko Bridge by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.Economic Shock Cycle
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.