Day: March 16, 2026

I AM ASHAMED

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Photo: Dr Alex Otti, Abia State Governor By Wahala Reports I am ashamed. Not because Nigeria is poor. Not because we lack oil, farmland, or brilliant minds. I am ashamed because one state has just proven that compassion is possible—and 35 others have been caught naked in their indifference. While Abia State’s Governor Alex Otti signs into law a historic Senior Citizens Welfare Law—guaranteeing every Abia elder aged 60 and above a monthly stipend, free comprehensive healthcare, annual medical check-ups, and dignified support until death—what are the rest of you…

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Opinion What Empty Polling Units Say About Nigeria’s Democracy

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Photo: Chidinma Eferebo By Chidinma Eferebo On the morning of February 21, 2026, officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Polling Unit 115 in Garki, Abuja, arrived early, organised their materials, and waited. By midday, fewer than five voters had appeared. This polling unit was not located in a remote village but in the center of Nigeria’s capital, only three kilometres from Aso Rock, the nation’s political seat of power. This scenario, in which democracy appears to be addressing itself, accurately reflects the situation during the Federal Capital…

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Opinion: Makoko and the Politics of Displacement in Lagos

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Photo: Zikora Ibeh By Zikora Ibeh One fact is now unmistakable. The Lagos State Government appears determined to empty Makoko of its inhabitants. But for the mass protest organised by the Coalition Against Demolition, Forced Evictions, Land Grabbing and Displacement on January 28, 2026, the historic riverine community might well have been erased with little public scrutiny and even fewer qualms. That demonstration laid bare the depth of grievance simmering across Lagos. Nearly five thousand residents gathered in collective resistance, many of them survivors of forced evictions and illegal demolitions…

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