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…
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…
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…
A special Lagos Metropolitan feature By Nkanu Egbe Nigeria is standing at a dangerous inflection point — a moment when the weight of long-ignored problems has finally collided with the limits of the country’s capacity to cope. What we are witnessing is not a single crisis but a convergence of crises: economic stagnation, territorial insecurity, Read More…
When Failed State 2030: Nigeria – A Case Study was published in 2011 by the U.S. Air War College, it was received with both fascination and quiet indignation. The paper, written by a team of senior U.S. Air Force officers, framed Nigeria as a potential epicentre of global instability — a vast, oil-rich federation teetering Read More…
A coalition of over 40 citizens and civic groups has written a strong letter of protest to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, condemning what they describe as the “assault and harassment” of Ms. Yemi Adamolekun, Executive Director of Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, by Man O’ War volunteers allegedly acting under police orders during the #EndSARS memorial Read More…
