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THE FARM COMES FIRST
Mira Mehta spent years on tomato yields before she built a factory in Kaduna. Her company now targets more than a threefold rise in fresh tomato production by 2029. Mira Mehta runs a tomato processing business in Kaduna, and she built the farm before the factory. An…
THE HAJJ DEADLINE AND THE BLASTS IN RIYADH
Kebbi pilgrims have until 1 December to pay for 2027 Hajj visas. The Houthis claimed strikes on Riyadh’s airport on Monday. Faruk Aliyu Yaro Enabo chairs the Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Agency. On 28 June he told intending pilgrims they have until 1 December to…
WHEN FIRMS GROW, HOUSEHOLDS HOLD OFF
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s September surveys point in opposite directions. The business reading rose, and the household reading fell. The CBN’s composite Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 53.0 in September from 52.7 in August. That is a fourth straight month…
WHO INVESTIGATES THE AIR FORCE?
Nigeria’s safety investigation bureau says it can look into the Ondo crash only if the military asks. The president has told the Air Force to do the investigating. On Monday the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau published a statement about a crash it is not…
32 ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT
A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 went down at Igbokoda on Monday, and all 32 on board are reported dead. The Air Force will release the names once families have been told. At 9:13 a.m. on Monday, air traffic controllers lost contact with a Nigerian Air Force plane flying…
WHEN THE TROPHIES COME TO LAGOS
CAF has confirmed Lagos as host of its 2026 awards on 7 December. The Confederation of African Football confirmed the date after its executive committee met by video on Friday 2 October, chaired by Patrice Motsepe. The ceremony will be at the Wole Soyinka Centre…
THE 21-DAY REGISTER RULE
The Electoral Act required parties to file their membership register 21 days before a primary. Gombe’s May PDP primary was later nullified, and Pantami’s place on that register is still contested. Section 77(4) of the Electoral Act 2026 requires a party to give…
THREE DEATHS IN FOUR DAYS
Nigeria’s consulate in South Africa says three Nigerians died between 18 and 21 September. Its account puts a different actor in each case. Kenechukwu Igwemadu died on 18 September in Bloemfontein. The consulate says he allegedly jumped to his deathwhile trying…
THE SUBSIDY STILL BEING PAID
Nigeria’s electricity subsidy obligation was N679.58 billion in six months, 35 per cent below a year earlier. The regulator ties the latest quarterly fall to less power being taken. Atiku Abubakar has pledged to restore the petrol subsidy if he’s elected in…
THE ROAD TO CAMP
In June, Abuja changed how corps members are posted. The reports cited here do not set out a new arrangement for protecting graduates on the trip to camp. On 29 June, the Federal Executive Council approved what the Youth Minister, Olawande Ayodele, called the…
N50 MILLION, THEN N5 MILLION
A relative says the kidnappers holding about 20 graduates in Imo have cut their demand tenfold. Police say they’ve located the suspected camp and haven’t gone in. Police in Imo say they’ve located the suspected camp. Drones pinpointed it on Friday, and Commissioner of…
16 Days
People · George Ilenikhena A photo in a Super Eagles shirt, then a stoppage-time equaliser. Nigeria were a goal down to Madagascar in Uyo on September 25 when Alex Iwobi found George Ilenikhena inside the box in first-half stoppage time. Ilenikhena finished past…
The Premium
People · Tony Elumelu His companies bought in at 305p a share. Wednesday’s price was £8.87. Tony Elumelu’s Heirs Energies bought six million more Seplat Energy shares on Wednesday. It paid £8.87 each, about £53.2m, and the companies he controls now hold 21.07% of…
₦500 PETROL, A ₦1,325 GATE
Eight unions have threatened a three-day warning strike from tomorrow. The price they want is under 40 per cent of the gantry price Dangote charged marketers on 21 September. Eight public sector unions want petrol at ₦500 a litre. On 21 September, Dangote’s gantry…
WHO GETS TO SAY THE WORST IS OVER?
Three Independence season messages have described the hard part as ending. The figures cited by government and labour measure different things. On 1 October 2025, President Tinubu said the worst was over and cited growth of 4.23 per cent and inflation of…
THE PASSPORT TEAM COMES BACK, WITH TWO NEW CITIES
The first round is due to end on Saturday. The second starts on Tuesday. The High Commission says £20 is the approved administrative fee. The first round of the Nigerian passport intervention in the UK is due to end on Saturday. The second starts on Tuesday. The…
THREE KINDS OF FARE CUT
On 19 September, the President listed places where he said fares are lower. The examples come from different arrangements, and the figures are government-reported. The President’s list of lower fares doesn’t describe one thing. It describes at least three. TNL has…
THE NINE-YEAR-OLD LOOKING FOR NIGERIA’S LEADERS
The documentary on MKO Abiola premieres in Lagos tonight and opens in cinemas tomorrow. Ose Oyamendan was working on a film set in Israel when his phone rang. He told Arise News he knew he had to answer, because his phone never rings on set. It was his son, then nine,…
THE PRESIDENT SET THE DATE. THE STATES HOLD THE LEVER.
President Tinubu set 1 October as a target for lower transport fares and says state governments hold the levers. A driver at Abuja’s Area 1 Motor Park told Leadership that operators there had received no directive. On 19 September, President Tinubu said the fare from…
WHO GETS TO IMPORT PETROL?
A Federal High Court has ordered the fuel regulator to keep licensing three named importers. Dangote’s separate case returns to a Lagos court on 7 October. Two cases are testing how the Petroleum Industry Act applies to fuel imports. One court has issued its judgment….
THE FIVE-DAY CLOCK
Washington can ask Nigeria for health specimens and the data attached to them. The agreement Nigeria signed sets a five-day window to start sending. The window sits in a specimen-sharing agreement signed in Abuja on 19 December 2025, which took effect on 18…
WHEN THE DATE SETS THE PRICE
UK student funds rise on 30 November. Applications made before then will be assessed under the existing amounts. The same student, with the same money in the same account, may need to show a different amount depending on the day they apply. This is a funds…
THREE COUNTRIES, THREE ANSWERS
Ghana rejected a US health compact. Kenya’s court fight runs to 30 October. Nigeria signed in December and is being asked what it signed. “It was humiliating,” President John Mahama said. He was describing a US health compact Ghana rejected, speaking at the…
RESERVES RISE, NAIRA HOLDS NEAR ₦1,330
The governor put gross reserves at $55.25 billion. The official exchange rate has held near ₦1,330. In July he said reserves are not there to fix a rate. “The reserves have crossed US$55 billion,” Governor Olayemi Cardoso said after the Monetary Policy Committee…
SEVEN WEEKS AT 15 AWOLOWO ROAD
Femi Falana says the state held him. He has gone to the ECOWAS Court. Femi Falana says armed agents of the National Security Organisation arrested him on 8 June 1985 at the Lagos State High Court. He says they took him to his chambers and searched them without a…
YOUR FIVE YEARS ARE UNDECIDED
Arrivals from 2022 qualify in February 2027, unless the rules change. On 15 September, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Home Affairs Committee that a large group who arrived in 2022 would qualify in February 2027 absent any change. Under the current…
THE ₦500 LITRE
Public servants want cheaper petrol by Wednesday. Otherwise they strike Friday. Public servants want petrol at ₦500 a litre at the pump. Dangote Refinery’s reported gate price is ₦1,325. That is what marketers pay, not what motorists pay. The Joint National…
THE PRICE THAT CROSSED FIRST
Imported petrol was cheaper than Dangote’s price on 1 September, by Legit.ng’s tracking. By 8 September a marketers’ association put the landing cost above it. Dangote raised its price on 12 September. Landing cost is an estimate of what it costs to bring petrol into…
A STRONGER NAIRA, A SMALLER TRANSFER
At official-market rates, £800 converts to about ₦149,000 fewer naira than in January. What a recipient actually receives depends on the operator’s rate and fees. Emeka Okonkwo runs a provisions shop in Mile 12 market in Lagos. His brother in the UK sends £800 a…
THE FARE CUT THAT HASN’T REACHED EVERY ROUTE
Tinubu has set 1 October as a target for lower fares, but implementation varies by state and route. Checks in Lagos and Abuja have found fares unchanged so far. Adebayo Ojo told Leadership on 7 September that the bus he took from Iyana-Ipaja to Oshodi in Lagos charged…
547 NAMES AGAINST 63
Niger State’s governor says 33 worshippers were taken from a mosque and 30 more from a market. Communities in Dekara have published a list, signed by the district youth president, naming 547 people they say were abducted. The governor of Niger State and the…
SIXTEEN DAYS AFTER THE RESCUE
On 5 August the presidency announced the rescue of 308 people from the Kainji Lake National Park forest. Sixteen days later, communities near the park say 547 people were taken into it. The presidency’s statement said 163 of the 308 were abducted from Woro in Kwara…
THE SEVEN-DAY WAIT
Half-price rice, paid in advance. On Monday, the shop was locked. A 50kg bag of rice cost ₦27,000 at a shop in Odi-Olowo, Osogbo. Dealer quotations reported by Legit.ng put a 50kg bag at between ₦51,000 and ₦55,000 in September. Those are national dealer figures,…
Canada: Who Counts as Your Employer Just Changed
ESDC tightens who counts as your “genuine employer.” Here’s what it does to work-permit-linked jobs. What happened. On September 18, Employment and Social Development Canada added a new “Employers” sectionacross the Temporary Foreign Worker Program’s main…
Canada: Study Without a Study Permit
Work permit holders can study for six months without a study permit. Here’s what it does, and doesn’t do, for your PR timeline. What happened. As of September 4, a temporary public policy from IRCC lets eligible work-permit holders take a program of six…
What Changed for Tolu Arokodare at Ajax?
Tolu Arokodare came off the bench in the 62nd minute against Excelsior. Two minutes later, he scored. Ajax drew 2–2. Six goals and two assists in nine appearances this season, across all competitions. Excelsior manager Ruben den Uil, after the match, is reported to…
ONE REFINERY, TWO PRICE MOVES IN NINE DAYS
Dangote’s petrol moved twice in nine days. Nigerians in different states are still paying different amounts for fuel coming out of the same refinery. Dangote Petroleum Refinery raised its ex-gantry petrol price by N85 on September 12, taking it from N1,265 to…
THREE THINGS TO CARRY INTO THE WEEKEND
Three signals from this week worth thinking about past Friday. 1. The forecast was right. Whether the response was is still unanswered. NIHSA named 2,471 communities in Cross River state alone before the water reached them. NEMA told residents to move to higher ground…
5,099 NIGERIANS ENROLLED IN A UK PASSPORT INTERVENTION
A federal passport intervention has quietly enrolled thousands of applicants across four countries, London and Manchester most of all, following months of complaints about renewal delays. The Nigeria Immigration Service says its diaspora passport intervention…
NIGERIA CAN NAME THE COMMUNITIES AT RISK. NOBODY CAN SAY HOW MANY GOT OUT.
Nigeria’s hydrological agency identified the communities, schools and health facilities inside the forecast flood-exposure area before the water arrived. What the public record shows is what officials were preparing to do. It doesn’t show how many people were actually…
THE RESIDENTS WHO ALREADY KNEW BEFORE NIHSA SAID SO
Officials aren’t the only ones who can see a flood coming before it arrives. Residents who survived the last one can read the same water. In late May, residents of Mokwa local government area in Niger state watched floodwater return through Yagbagba, the same…
53 Years Underground
Companies · AMNI International TotalEnergies and an indigenous driller finally sanctioned the gas field Nigeria found in 1973 At the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Wednesday, September 23, Tunde Afolabi signed off on a gas field older than most of the executives…
The Next Owner
Companies · Ardova Plc A Danish infrastructure fund is handing Africa’s largest CNG distributor to a Nigerian fuel company On Friday, September 25, A.P. Moller Capital announced it is selling its stake in Powergas, the compressed natural gas company it has backed…
Selling Without Starting Over
Companies · UAC of Nigeria UAC is finishing a logistics exit that started with one buyer and ended with a different one UAC of Nigeria disclosed on Thursday, September 24, that it’s selling its remaining 43 percent stake in DP World Logistics to 22 Plus Invest…
When Permission Isn’t Progress
Companies · Oando Plc Shareholders gave Wale Tinubu’s board a blank check for a listing with no address yet Oando’s shareholders gathered virtually on Thursday, September 17, for the company’s 47th annual general meeting. They gave the board something it didn’t…
Six Goals, One Chance
People · George Ilenikhena A Nigerian-born striker who grew up in France finally commits to the Super Eagles George Ilenikhena spent this week training at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, wearing a Super Eagles kit for the first time. He was…
When The Client Becomes The Investor
Companies · Aeon A Lagos cybersecurity startup got its first big cheque from the company whose servers it used to manage Samuel Ogbonyomi has a complaint he says he heard from nearly every operator he worked with. “Almost every operator we worked with had a dozen…
The Signal That Stopped Working
Nigeria just reset its benchmark interest rate to 23%. Whether your loan gets cheaper depends on a gap the CBN just admitted to. The CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee cut the MPR from 26.5% to 23% on Tuesday, the biggest single move under Governor Olayemi…
One Refinery, Same Old Price
Nigeria’s petrol price just moved again. The refinery that was supposed to end this dependence still can’t. Dangote Refinery raised its wholesale petrol price 6.7% to ₦1,350 a litre on September 12, its fourth increase since August 21. Retail prices have followed,…
Your Real Energy Test Is in January
UK energy bills are rising again this winter. The number that matters more is attached to a Bank of England warning letter. Ofgem’s price cap rises 4% from October 1, to £1,723 for a typical household, about £60 a year or £5 a month more. Gas costs are driving nearly…
The Fed Moved. Your Naira Might Not.
The Fed just raised US rates for the first time in three years. Its own projections now put the median year-end rate at 4.1%. The Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee voted unanimously on September 16 to raise the federal funds range a quarter point, to…
THE BILL BEHIND THE BILL
UK inflation hit 3.1% in August. Most of the overshoot came from energy. The number that matters isn’t the 3.1%, it’s what’s left in your account after the direct debits clear. The Bank of England held its base rate at 3.75% on 17 September. Three of the nine MPC…
Canada: Refugee Family Sponsorship Exemption Ends
The undeclared-family exemption for refugees has expired. Here’s what it does to reunifying with family you couldn’t list. What happened. A public policy that let resettled refugees and protected persons sponsor a spouse, partner or dependent child they…
He’s on Chelle’s Radar. So Why Is Bamidele Yusuf Still Uncapped?
Bamidele Yusuf was directly involved in all three goals Ferencváros scored at Celtic Park on 17 September. A 3–1 away win, Europa League matchday one. He scored in the 20th minute, a left-wing effort deflected off Liam Scales past Celtic’s goalkeeper. He assisted…
23%, AND SILENCE
The rate cut has arrived. What it means for your naira is still an open question. On September 22, the Central Bank cut its benchmark rate by 350 basis points, from 26.5% to 23%. Seven economists polled by Reuters beforehand. Seven expected a hold. It’s the biggest…
AN UNFILED QUESTION
A commercial arbitration in Paris wasn’t hunting corruption. It was settling a dispute over who owed who $400 million. The evidence of where the money went fell out as a side effect of that fight. It took a foreign tribunal, resolving a foreign-shaped question, to…
THE UNREQUESTED FILE
A commercial arbitration in Paris spent years going through one man’s bank records. What it found didn’t stay in Paris. Leno Adesanya’s company sued Nigeria for $400 million. He lost. A three-member arbitration tribunal under the International Chamber of Commerce…
TWO CITIES, THREE DAYS
A fee question the High Commission says it’s already answered. If you’re in Cardiff or Aberdeen and you’ve been putting off your passport renewal, the window is nearly gone. The Nigeria Immigration Service, working with the High Commission in London, is running…
THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE
Where the Mambilla money landed tells a second story. It’s about the method, not just the men. $500,000 to Atiku’s then-wife. $1.74 million to Dasuki’s son. Smaller sums to Agunloye, filed as medical expenses. A payment linked to Yola through an intermediary. The…
STILL SHOWING UP
Nigeria has never had a national netball team before this year. The federation was founded earlier in 2026. The squad, almost entirely Nigerian players based in England, was assembled in June. Three months later they were in Nairobi. First West African nation ever to…
THE MONEY THAT ISN’T COMING YET
There are two stories about the American family budget this week. One says families could eventually have $36,000 more income if America gets its debt under control. The other says gasoline is already costing more. Only one of them is happening to the household this…
Nigeria Didn’t Wait for a Netball Pathway to Mature. It Went Looking in the Diaspora.
The Nigeria Netball Federation was established in February 2026, with the national team assembled from trials in June (Voice of Nigeria). The Green Hawks’ actual first-ever international outing was a 74–22 friendly defeat to Scotland in Glasgow ahead of the…
THE BIGGEST RATE CUT IN NEARLY TWO DECADES
The CBN cut its benchmark interest rate far more than most economists expected. Here is what 23 per cent is actually betting on. Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee cut the benchmark interest rate by 350 basis points on Tuesday, from 26.5 per cent down to 23 per cent….
$55.25 BILLION
What the reserves figure doesn’t say. Cardoso opened Tuesday’s press briefing with a number he clearly wanted on the record. Nigeria’s gross external reserves stood at $55.25 billion as of 18 September, the governor said. That is the highest level in 18 years,…
AWAY, BUT NOT ABSENT
President Tinubu left for a three week European leave on 30 August. Officials said he would be back by 20 September, in time for the 2027 campaign season to start. Three days after that date passed, Nigeria’s Senate President found himself explaining, in public, that…
SEVEN MONTHS IN, STILL WAITING ON A RULING
The DSS finished making its case against Nasir El-Rufai back in June. On Tuesday, the court finally heard both sides argue over whether that case was ever enough. The ruling is still a month away. Former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai has been fighting a five count…
THE WAIT JUST GOT LONGER, AND NOBODY ANNOUNCED IT
Canada didn’t close a door on Nigerians this week. It just made the door take a little longer to open, in a routine table update almost nobody reads unless they’re the one waiting on it. Canada’s immigration department raised its estimated processing times for…
New Names in the Super Eagles Squad. But Not All of Them Are New.
Three players in Eric Chelle’s squad for the opening AFCON 2027 qualifiers were reported as receiving first senior call-ups. Arthur Okonkwo, Isaac James, and George Ilenikhena, according to CAF’s official report and independently confirmed by Arise…
Atlético Mineiro Saw Something Nigeria’s Public Record Didn’t
Taiwo Alao, 18, had seven senior appearances for Ikorodu City. No goals, no assists, independently tracked statistics confirm. That’s the entire public record. Atlético Mineiro had reportedly been watching him for months before that record was even complete. The…
THE KINGDOM THAT TOLD BRITAIN NO
A 19th-century trader who refused to let the British Empire dictate his terms is getting a new king on Friday. Opobo has been here before. Opobo Kingdom crowns its sixth Amanyanabo, Charles Douglas Mac-Pepple Jaja, on September 26, according to reporting on…
THE MAN WHO GOT THE NAMES
Awaisu Giwa didn’t have to walk into that mortuary. Nobody made him. He did it anyway, and for five days his organisation was the clearest source anyone had for who the 37 dead actually were. For five days after the Minna deaths, the number 37 did most of the talking….
THE PASSPORT DRIVE THAT’S STILL MAKING PEOPLE WAIT
8,552 Nigerians got passport help abroad this year. Ask the people who showed up in person and the story gets more complicated. The Nigeria Immigration Service says it has enrolled 8,552 Nigerians across the United States, Canada, Qatar and the United…
THE RATE DECISION THE MINERS AREN’T IN THE ROOM FOR
Nigeria’s central bank finishes a two-day meeting today. The question is whether borrowing gets cheaper. It’s a question for people who already have access to credit. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee began its 307th meeting on September 21 and…
NIGER HAS A LEGAL WAY TO MINE. MOST MINERS AREN’T IN IT
The men who died in Minna weren’t the first people caught mining illegally there, and Niger State isn’t short of a legal system for them to join. It’s short of miners actually inside it. A 2019 Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative report…
THE NAMES ARRIVED. THE ANSWERS DIDN’T
Thirty-seven Nigerians who died in a government detention cell now have names. Twenty-four officers are in custody. The curfew that followed their deaths has already been lifted. No charges have been publicly announced, and nobody has told their families how they…
TWENTY YEARS IN, BELLANAIJA IS STILL BUILDING
BellaNaija turns 20 this year. In a Nigerian media landscape where plenty of platforms don’t survive a change in ownership, let alone two decades, that’s its own kind of story. Founded by Uche Pedro in 2006, BellaNaija built itself into one of Nigeria’s best-known…
NIHSA ISSUED THE FLOOD WARNING ON SATURDAY. GETTING TO HIGHER GROUND IS WHERE THE PLAN RUNS OUT.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency issued its warning before the water rose. What happens between a warning and an evacuation is a separate question, and a harder one. NiHSA warned on Saturday of a high riverine flood risk across 15 states, including Delta, Imo,…
WHY YOUR US IMMIGRANT VISA INTERVIEW KEEPS GETTING PUSHED BACK
Nigerians who have completed their paperwork, paid the fees, and are waiting for an immigrant visa interview are still waiting, because of overlapping policy decisions that were never about their individual case. In January, the State Department suspended immigrant…
THE GOVERNMENT MOVED WITHIN 48 HOURS. FAMILIES HAD ALREADY BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS.
Nigeria’s federal government suspended 20 officers and constituted a 10-member panel within two days of the deaths. That speed says something about what it takes to get the system’s attention, and something else about what came before it. By the time Interior Minister…
WHY NIGER STATE’S YOUNG MEN KEEP WALKING INTO ILLEGAL PITS
The people who died in that NSCDC cell weren’t strangers to risk. For some young people in Niger State, artisanal mining offers a way to earn without the capital or formal employment process that other work may require. Niger State sits on substantial mineral deposits…
37 PEOPLE WERE DETAINED OVER SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MINING. NONE OF THEM LIVED TO SEE A COURTROOM.
Thirty-seven people were detained in an NSCDC cell in Minna last week. None of them had been brought before a court. All of them are dead. On September 15 and 16, officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps raided suspected illegal gold mining sites in…
Buying In Without A Word Of Explanation
Companies · Sterling Financial Holdings Two insiders put real money in. The filings don’t say why. In one week in September 2026, two of Sterling Financial Holdings’ most senior figures put a combined ₦1.53 billion of their own money into the company’s stock. Neither…
₦5,250 And A Piece Of The Refinery
Companies · Dangote Petroleum Refinery How Africa’s biggest refinery decided to sell itself, piece by piece. On September 14, 2026, Dangote Petroleum Refinery opened its public offer to Nigerian investors. Ten shares. ₦5,250. About four dollars. For the first time,…
In Canada, Nigerian visa waits just got longer. Here’s what the new numbers mean for your plans.
As of IRCC’s 16 September update, processing-time estimates for Nigerian applicants moved again. Study permits rose from nine to ten weeks, visitor visas from 84 to 87 days, and super visas from 44 to 46 days. Work permits held steady at ten weeks. These are IRCC’s…
In the USA, the public charge rules change today. Here’s what green card applicants need to know.
Starting today, USCIS’s new public-charge guidance applies to covered Form I-485 adjustment-of-status applications postmarked or filed electronically on or after 18 September 2026. A new form edition is required, and the old one is no longer accepted. Statutory…
In the UK, visa stickers are gone for new sponsored workers. Here’s what you now need to prove your status.
Since 1 July 2026, the Home Office stopped issuing physical visa stickers to successful applicants granted entry clearance, including sponsored workers. They now receive an eVisa instead. Proof of immigration status is now normally provided through an eVisa linked to…
Oil crossed $100 a barrel. Here’s what it does to your budget, wherever you live.
Brent crude is trading around $103.77 a barrel this morning. That’s down for a third straight session, but still above the $100 mark it crossed recently. Petrol in Nigeria got more expensive again this week. Dangote’s wholesale price rose from about ₦1,265 to ₦1,350 a…
Why Won’t Taiwo Awoniyi Be There When Coventry Finally Face Nottingham Forest?
Taiwo Awoniyi was shown a straight red card in the 53rd minute of Coventry City’s 5-0 defeat to Brighton on 13 September, sent off for an elbow that caught Maxim De Cuyper in the face during an aerial challenge. It was the 94th Premier League appearance of his career,…
WHY HAS “BETTER THAN BEFORE” BECOME THE FINISH LINE?
Eighteen hours of electricity after three months without it is a real improvement. A refinery producing petrol locally, instead of Nigeria importing all of it, is also real. A political coalition finishing a full campaign structure in a matter of days is a fact about…
THE UK JUST RAISED THE MONEY NEEDED TO GET A STUDENT VISA
A Home Office rule change from November 30 raises the funds Nigerian students must prove they have, on a timeline set entirely in London. The UK Home Office published a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules on September 3, raising the maintenance funds…
WHY PETROL JUST GOT EXPENSIVE FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THREE WEEKS
Dangote Refinery has raised its petrol price four times since August 21. Crude above $100 a barrel, with Middle East supply disruption a major driver, is putting upward pressure on what a locally refined litre of petrol costs. On Saturday, Dangote Petroleum…
THE SUPREME COURT IS DECIDING THE RULES FOR 2027 PARTY PRIMARIES
A seven-member panel reserved judgment on Wednesday in a case that will settle how much statutory control INEC and the Electoral Act have over party membership registers and candidate selection heading into 2027. The Supreme Court reserved judgment on…
What Galatasaray’s First Two Matches Without Victor Osimhen Reveal
Galatasaray were the highest-scoring team in the Süper Lig through their opening four matches this season, 12 goals, and Victor Osimhen was directly involved in eight of them: six goals and two assists. He opened the scoring against Istanbul Basaksehir on 4 September…
The Naira’s Quiet Squeeze
If you sent money home in late August and again this week, the naira you bought may already have been worth less to your family. Not because it weakened, but because it strengthened. This isn’t a one-day move either. On the official interbank rate, confirmed…
The Savings-Tax Squeeze
Then rates climbed. The allowance didn’t move. HMRC data obtained by Paragon Bank and reported by Which? this week shows what that freeze is doing. An estimated 542,000 savers will face more than £2,000 in tax on their savings income in 2026–27, up from…
DAVIDO WON THE WHOLE THING, NO COMMITTEE REQUIRED
Davido’s album 5ive won Album of the Year at the AFRIMMA Awards in Dallas. No handover, no dilution, no fine print. Just the thing itself, won outright. Davido entered the ceremony as the most-nominated artist of the night, with five nods,…
HE WAS CUT BY MCLAREN IN NOVEMBER. BY SEPTEMBER HE WAS A CHAMPION CARRYING HIS MOTHER’S COUNTRY’S NAME
Ugo Ugochukwu won the 2026 FIA Formula 3 championship in Madrid on Sunday, becoming the first American driver ever to win the title. His mother is Nigerian supermodel Oluchi Onweagba. Ugochukwu, 19, sealed the title at the Madring circuit after finishing second in the…
DANGOTE IS OFFERING YOU 3.3 PERCENT OF HIS REFINERY AND CALLING IT YOUR OWN
Dangote is calling his refinery’s public share sale a “people’s IPO.” The public is being offered about 3.3 percent of the enlarged company. Dangote’s own disclosed stake, spread across four vehicles, comes to 87 percent. Dangote Petroleum Refinery opened its public…
THE COMMITTEE NIGERIA GOT INSTEAD OF A REVERSAL
A nationwide school shutdown over King’s College, Lagos, was suspended Monday night. The concession that caused it is still being implemented. What the unions got was a seven-member committee, two of its seats held by the association taking over the school….
NINE PEOPLE, A BUS, AND A WARNING THAT NAMED THE STATE BUT NOT THE ROAD
Hours after a police security alert flagged the movement of armed elements toward Plateau, gunmen stopped a commercial bus outside Jos and killed nine passengers. At around 9:30pm on Sunday, gunmen opened fire on a Toyota bus at Dungus Junction in Kuru, Jos…
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