There are weeks when Lagos behaves like a normal city. This was not one of them. Everywhere seemed to be under inspection. Security agencies were raiding illegal detention centres. Road vandals were being rounded up. Environmental officials were chasing cart pushers. Restaurants were being sealed. And somewhere in the middle of all this, ordinary Lagosians Read More…
Two hundred thousand graduates a year. A 60 percent skills mismatch. No credible national manpower audit. And a group of teenagers on radio who might have seen it more clearly than most. By Nkanu Egbe | Lagos Metropolitan | June 2026 A group of young Nigerians debating on radio in Lagos recently made a point Read More…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, raided an illegal detention camp in Itoga, Badagry, rescuing 24 victims — including a toddler — and arresting four suspected foreign nationals linked to an international criminal syndicate operating across West Africa. News analysis by Nkanu Egbe Lagos Insecurity Analysis | Lagos Metropolitan The Read More…
Silence by Decree: How Nigeria’s Security State Is Hunting Its Critics | Lagos Metropolitan The arrest of Prof. Okey Ndibe at Murtala Mohammed Airport is only the latest act in a disturbing pattern of intimidation — one that grows more brazen as governance fails and dissent becomes the only honest accounting of power. By Uzor Read More…
In a modern dating landscape often dominated by “urgent” displays of wealth or formulaic, aggressive pursuit, the finer arts of romance can sometimes get lost in translation. For many Nigerian men, the default playbook has historically leaned heavily on either intense persistence (the classic “chopping stone” method) or immediate financial posturing. While stability is always Read More…
Colossians 3:1–4 There is something about the pace of life that can make eternity feel distant. In a city like Lagos, life moves quickly. There is always something demanding attention—work to complete, bills to settle, responsibilities to carry, plans to make, challenges to overcome. And because life is so immediate, it is easy to become Read More…
We are on the march again—27 years after our return to democratic governance and three years into the tenure of the Tinubu administration. Centrifugal forces are on the ascendancy. Terrorism is being exported across regional boundaries. Two sections of the nation which were famous for either republicanism or monarchy before colonialism are befuddled by the Read More…
A few years ago, a young professional I will call Tunde sat in my office exhausted, frustrated, and emotionally drained. On paper, he appeared successful. He had a good job, supportive friends, and a close-knit family. Yet he constantly felt overwhelmed. His phone never stopped ringing. Family members relied on him for emotional support, financial Read More…
By Joy Essien Lagos does not run only on glass towers, formal boardrooms, or billion-naira corporate balance sheets. It runs on the woman who opens her kiosk before sunrise. It runs on the tailor taking measurements in a cramped corner shop. It runs on the mechanic under a danfo bus, the food vendor serving late-night Read More…
By Joy Essien In Lagos, industrial relevance is not always announced with towering smokestacks or sprawling new free zones. Sometimes, it is found in quieter, older corridors where decades of enterprise, logistics, technical adaptation, and industrial resilience continue to shape the city’s economic heartbeat. Ilupeju is one of those places. Often overshadowed by flashier real Read More…
