By: Kehinde Kenku Last year, I called it a waste war. It felt dramatic at the time, but it was honest. Lagos was battling refuse, and both the government and the people had their share of blame. Residents needed to act better. The Lagos State Government, through LAWMA and its operators, needed to fix access,…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It’s going to be a busy Saturday in Kebbi. President Bola Tinubu is scheduled for a one-day official visit to the state — part inspection, part celebration. According to a statement from his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President will inaugurate several projects completed by Governor Nasir Idris. Roads,…
by: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The hall at the National Ecumenical Centre in Abuja was quiet, almost heavy, on Tuesday night. No campaign noise. No politics-as-usual. Just candles, hymns, and the soft echo of footsteps as senators, family members and old friends filed in to say goodbye to Senator Okechukwu Ezea, the man who carried Enugu…
by: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The hall in Abuja was quiet for a moment. Cameras ready. Then Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) leaned into the microphone and basically said: we can’t keep fighting drugs with handcuffs alone. Not anymore. On Tuesday, the NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive was not talking about another raid or big seizure….
by: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The House of Representatives settled into their seats on Tuesday, it was clear they were not gathered for routine talk. They were there to ask a simple but very uncomfortable question: for almost twenty years of airport and seaport concessions, has Nigeria been short‑changed or not? Speaker Tajudeen Abbas set the…
by: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The message from Aso Rock came in a calm, formal voice. But it carried a clear warning. No more wait-until-the-road-fails style of governance. In Abuja on Tuesday, at the 2026 Roads Summit themed “Sustainable Road Infrastructure for National Growth”, President Bola Tinubu – represented by the Secretary to the Government of the…
