Three things from this week worth keeping.

The new Finance Minister is in. Taiwo Oyedele formally took over on Thursday. The reform project he helped design is now fully his to deliver. The election is nine months away. The gap between what the economy looks like on paper and what it feels like in a market has not closed. That is now his gap to close.

Nigerians in South Africa are watching the calendar. May 4 is the date for a planned countrywide shutdown. The Gauteng warning went out yesterday. Three incidents in six weeks, no arrests, no formal diplomatic response. The people doing the risk calculation are doing it alone.

Fela got in. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Fela Kuti and Sade Adu on April 13. The ceremony is November. The country that persecuted Fela through his entire career is now the country the world credits with producing him. That is not a contradiction the November ceremony will resolve.