Inside the N300 billion shadow state Nigeria cannot afford to ignore

NAIRAMETRICS | 11-08-2026 01:59pm |

When tension and chaos interrupted Wasiu Ayinde Marshal’s annual New Year All-White Party on January 2, 2026, it did not merely spoil a celebration. It opened a window onto the precise political economy this article examines: the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), a shadow government that commands revenues rivalling some Nigerian states, choreographs […] The post Inside the N300 billion shadow state Nigeria cannot afford to ignore appeared first on Nairametrics.

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