From “Aquatic Splendour” to Terrestrial Torment, Lagos Tenants Buckle Under Soaring Rent

A teacher raising her siblings in Ogba, a trader rebuilding her business in Ikoyi and a landlord home from the United States show how rent has become the heaviest bill in Nigeria’s commercial capital.Lagos likes to sell itself through its water. Tourism promoters speak of its “aquatic splendour”, the lagoons, creeks and Atlantic shoreline that frame the island, though that very coastline is retreating under erosion and rising seas.