A Return Framed by Politics, Defined by Economics President Bola Tinubu’s return to Lagos at 1.15 a.m. on Friday, March 20, after his UK state visit was politically choreographed around Eid-el-Fitr, but economically the bigger story travelled back with him in paperwork, signatures and financing guarantees. Before leaving London, Tinubu witnessed the sealing of a Read More…
Civic & Governance
The cost of Nigeria — Part 2
Nigeria’s Expensive Constitution: The High Cost of Governing the State Nigeria’s rising poverty crisis is not only about inflation, fuel prices or exchange rates. Beneath the economic turbulence lies a deeper structural problem: the cost of running the Nigerian state itself. When economists discuss Nigeria’s poverty surge—now estimated to affect roughly six out of every Read More…
Lagos flips the switch: Inside the launch of the state’s new electricity market
On Monday, March 9, 2026, at Lagos House in Ikeja, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu swore in the board of the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC), marking what many observers see as a turning point in the energy future of Nigeria’s largest city. The ceremony itself lasted barely an hour. Yet its implications could reshape how Read More…
The Cost of Nigeria — Part 1
Nigeria’s 63% Poverty Surge: Reform, Inflation and the New Hardship Economy As poverty in Nigeria climbs toward 63%, affecting about 141 million people, economists debate whether President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are the cause of the crisis—or the painful medicine needed to stabilise Africa’s largest economy. A Nation Where Poverty Now Touches Most Households Nigeria entered Read More…
Cash vs Roots: The ₦10 million divide tearing Makoko apart
As demolition fallout deepens, Lagos faces a difficult question: redevelopment, compensation, or the survival of a centuries-old water community. The current tensions in Makoko did not begin this week. The dispute traces back to late December 2025, when Lagos State enforcement teams began demolishing stilt houses along sections of the lagoon-facing settlement. Authorities said the Read More…
Midnight sweeps: 275 arrested as Lagos declares war on open defecation
Aggressive early-morning enforcement signals a tougher sanitation regime—but raises questions about public toilets, poverty, and commuter disruption. Lagos authorities have intensified their war against open defecation with coordinated early-morning patrols that led to the arrest of 275 people across the city within 24 hours, signalling what officials describe as a “clean slate” approach to sanitation Read More…