Rapid urbanization, rising housing demand, weak tenancy regulation, and growing affordability pressures have significantly affected rental housing systems in Abuja. The absence of a comprehensive tenancy framework within the Federal
First Phase Report of Citizen-Led Governance Tracking in Bwari Area Council Abuja, Nigeria | 14 August 2026 Residents across Bwari Area Council have begun to move from identifying development challenges
Abuja, 12 August 2026: HipCity Innovation Centre has engaged the Chairman of Bwari Area Council, Hon. Joshua Ishaku Musa, on the implementation of residents’ priorities contained in the Bwari Residents’ Charter
HIPCITY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF REPORTED TUNGAMAJE EVICTION AND DEMOLITION THREAT Abuja, 10 August 2026 HipCity Innovation Centre is deeply concerned by reports that residents of Angwa Dio and
HipCity Innovation Centre has intensified efforts to promote citizen participation in urban governance through a series of community outreach campaigns under the From Charter to Change initiative, taking the Bwari Residents’
8–9 July, 2026 | AJ’s Hotel, Dutse Alhaji, Bwari Area Council, Abuja On 8 and 9 July, 2026, HipCity Innovation Centre brought together community and youth leaders from across Bwari
HipCity Innovation Centre convened a strategic forum in Abuja on August 14th, 2025, to confront Nigeria’s urban youth crisis, featuring participants from governmental bodies, diplomatic missions, the urban planning sector,
Eight days. Three sessions. One working policy document that started with tenants, was tested by professionals and civil society, and on 23 June finally landed where it has to land
For years, the women who hold Abuja’s informal communities together, raising children, running small businesses, organising their neighbours, have largely been invisible to the institutions that finance homeownership in Nigeria.
