Nigeria’s emergency response failure is no longer hidden. From burning markets to collapsed buildings and deadly roads, citizens are left to rescue themselves while leaders offer sympathy instead of systems. This is not resilience — it’s abandonment.

Clashes at the revived Eyo Festival on Lagos Island turned a symbolic cultural return into a moment of reckoning. Beyond the disruption lies a harder question: can Lagos still protect its traditions in a city shaped by insecurity and weakened control?

The London killings force a hard question: is this a cycle of policy failure or a call to act? Here’s what happened, what’s being done, and the practical fixes London urgently needs.