Lagos, Nigeria — As Nigeria grapples with escalating economic challenges and widespread hunger protests, the nation’s political landscape is being reshaped by renewed calls for constitutional reform. On August 9th, 2024, Emeka Anyaoku, the former Commonwealth Secretary-General, alongside a coalition of prominent figures known as the Patriots, including former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba, Shehu Sani, Mike Ozekhome, and others met with President Bola Tinubu to advocate for the creation…

Lagos, Nigeria — When President Bola Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s 16th head of state, he wasted no time in making a bold declaration: the era of petrol subsidies was over. This announcement was hailed by many as a decisive move towards stabilizing and revitalizing Nigeria’s struggling economy. The removal of subsidies was positioned as a cornerstone of the Tinubu administration’s economic reform agenda, aimed at reducing fiscal burdens and…