National Integration
How a diverse federation builds common citizenship and political belonging.
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Topic: <span>Federalism</span>
Federalism
How authority and responsibility are divided between federal, state and local government.
The missing layer in Nigeria’s state police debate
THE National Assembly has taken significant steps toward the creation of state police. The House of Representatives has passed the constitutional amendment bill, while the Senate has advanced it through second reading and referred it for public hearings and further scrutiny.
Beyond the Lagos gold refinery: From grievance to regional integration (Part II)
IN Part I of this series, published on February 9, 2026, I posed a simple but uncomfortable question: what would a regionally coordinated mineral value-chain system actually look like under Nigeria’s existing constitutional order? Since then, developments within Nigeria’s solid minerals sector have reinforced those concerns. At the Africa Commodities Conference and Exhibition held in […]