Belonging is not created only by houses. It is created by thoughtful design, shared spaces, safe streets and a community that allows everyone to feel considered, welcome and included. Let …
Gbenga Onabanjo
Waste is not the enemy; poor planning is… A city that keeps dumping waste will soon be buried by neglect… Until Lagos moves from waste disposal to waste transformation, Olusosun will remain …
Dear Government, Please rescue Ota from the witness protection programme… Let the bridges finally become bridges…Let pedestrians stop negotiating with mud… Let Ota move from blight to bloom. OTA is confused. Very confused. …
Permit me to introduce today’s special guests: Mr. Refuse Heap. Chief Blocked Drain. Madam Overgrown Weed. Honourable Plastic Bottle. And of course, their generous host — The Government. They had …
When a wheelchair user can cross the street unaided, dignity is created. When an elderly woman can comfortably shop within her neighbourhood, inclusion is achieved. When pedestrians feel safe and …
- Opinion
When tragedy visits and memory takes a holiday… Lessons we never learn
by Gbenga Onabanjo 3 minutes readA gateway into Lagos that welcomes visitors with congestion, disorder, and environmental chaos… If gateways define cities, then Kara is giving us a very loud introduction… Surely, we can do better. WELCOME …
A city is not only roads, bridges, drains and rail tracks… A city is also where people release pressure… A city needs emotional drainage… In Toronto, citizens go to an arena to shout …
- Columnist
The benefits of a clean city: What Order does to the Mind, the Body, and the Future
by Gbenga Onabanjo 1 minutes readSanitation exercises are a good start — but without systems, maintenance, and firm enforcement, effort fades… If it remains business as usual, results will remain the same… The truth is simple:.. When we …
- Opinion
The Republic of Anywhere Stop… Where every road is a Bus Stop
by Gbenga Onabanjo 1 minutes readLagosians have already designed their transport system…. We just refuse to recognise it… So we build stops no one uses… and ignore the ones everyone does. IN most cities, bus stops are places. …
Our cities are growing—but are we growing with nature or against it? Densification is not the problem. But growth without connection to nature is. We are losing green spaces, light, …