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Nigeria’s opposition didn’t lose an election this week. It lost a party. Aminu Tambuwal resigned from the PDP on Wednesday. The man who led the party, ran for president on its platform, and was its most senior northern voice. Gone. The same...
Governance
Lassa fever kills 99 Nigerians in eight weeks. The peak months were always on the calendar. Nigeria knows when Lassa fever comes. November to April, every year, the same geography. Five states — Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo, and Benue — account for 84 percent of...
Economy, Energy
Tinubu’s answer to ₦1,000 petrol arrives in two to three weeks. The crisis is already here. Petrol crossed ₦1,000 per litre. Transport fares moved the same week. One Abuja commercial driver raised his fare from ₦400 to ₦700 in a single week just to...
Diaspora
The UK changed its deportation rules last week. Nigerians in Britain need to read them. On March 5, the UK Home Office published new changes to its Immigration Rules — HC 1691, effective March 22. Ten days from today. The change is one paragraph. The consequences...
Diaspora
Dublin marched for a Nigerian family. The Irish state removed them anyway. In February, hundreds of people marched through Dublin to stop the deportation of a Nigerian family. A mother and her children, arrived in Ireland in 2023 from South Africa. Asylum...