We all know that rent is one of the biggest problems facing anyone trying to live in Lagos. In August 2026, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, suggested that young people struggling with the cost of housing could consider living with their parents or relatives rather than rushing to rent their own apartments. The…

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Flooding has been a part of life in Lagos for years. When it rains, roads vanish under water, cars get stuck, businesses close, and sometimes water even enters people’s homes. This is not a new issue. For over a decade, newspapers have reported the same problems. In 2015, The Guardian wrote about residents asking the…

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If there is one thing we know about Governor Ademola Adeleke, it is that he likes to dance. At campaign rallies, public events and even in church, he rarely looks like the politician Nigerians are used to seeing. And after he was declared the winner of the 2026 Osun governorship election, we saw it again.…

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Nigeria’s civil service has been called too big, too expensive and inefficient for decades. Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, successive governments have tried to shrink or restructure the public service. But there is a more basic question: Do we actually have too many civil servants? In June 1999, former President Olusegun Obasanjo…

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On the morning of Sunday, 27th January 2002, a woman named Sauli Adunni had six children. But by the time the sun would set that night, she was left with just two.  Four of her daughters, Wasilat, Raliyat, Raheema, and Monsurah, were all…gone. Two daughters were killed in the explosion, and the other two were…

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