GOVERNANCE

A bill passes in Abuja. It works its way down through state and local offices until it reaches your paperwork. That’s governance.

THE WAGES THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED 

The government already agreed to pay civil servants more money months ago. Many of them are still waiting for it to show up. Labour leaders under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council met in Osogbo recently and came out with a warning for state…

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WHAT GOT BUILT IN A WEEK 

While Nigerians in South Africa wait months for a compensation answer, Tinubu built an entire new regulatory structure for crypto in the space of one signature. On 17 July, Tinubu signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, and it took…

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THE COUNCIL AND THE COMPENSATION 

Nigeria evacuated thousands of its citizens from South Africa this year. It then asked Pretoria to compensate them for what they lost. Pretoria said no. The word the government used was insensitive. Femi Falana stood up on Sunday and said something that should have…

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ONE MAN, ONE ROAD, ONE YEAR 

A Kano lawyer sued the FRSC after officers stopped him without cause. A year later, he won. The ruling protects him, on those specific roads, and nobody else automatically. Abba Hikima was driving through Kano metropolis in July 2025 when FRSC officers stopped him at…

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THE TICKET THAT NEEDED NO EXPLAINING 

Tinubu handed Kashim Shettima his 2027 certificate this week. Primary to endorsement to nomination forms to certificate, in under two weeks, without a single public hiccup. On Thursday, President Tinubu presented Vice President Kashim Shettima with the certificate…

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THE FUNERAL AND THE UNANSWERED QUESTION 

Mary Habila is buried today in Kaduna, three weeks after she died inside the official residence of a federal minister. The cause of her death is still not settled. Neither is the minister’s own account of what happened. Her family is not getting a resolved case today….

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145 STUDENTS, 54 COUNTRIES, ONE ROOM IN ROME

A Nigerian delegation just went to Rome and came home with world titles. A 145-member Nigerian delegation competed against students from 54 countries at the International STEM Olympiad Grand Finals in Rome this month. They came home with world titles, Top Three…

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