Economy
Four Nigerians made Forbes’ list. One of them owns the refinery that raised your pump price Forbes released its 2026 Africa Billionaires ranking yesterday. Four Nigerians: Dangote, Rabiu, Adenuga, Otedola. Worth $47.5 billion between them. Africa’s 23...
Uncategorized
The Strait of Hormuz is 4,000km away. Your commute got more expensive this morning anyway Transporters announced new fares yesterday, hours after pump prices crossed ₦1,000 per litre at stations nationwide. The mechanism is simple and brutal: petrol goes up, transport...
Culture
Nigerian music is now worth more than most government agency budgets. No fuel subsidy built it The Nigerian music industry crossed ₦901 billion in total value this year, according to figures from the National Council for Arts and Culture. Nigerian artists earned more...
Diaspora
Bills were falling from April. The July forecast just jumped £160 because of the same war hitting Nigerian pumps Two weeks ago, the news was good. Ofgem confirmed the UK energy price cap would fall in April from £1,758 to £1,641. Seventeen pounds a month back in...
Diaspora
The Iran war that’s hitting your UK energy bill is also threatening what you send home Nigeria received $20.93 billion in diaspora remittances in 2024, up 8.9% from the year before. The CBN was projecting $26 billion by end of 2026. The japa wave that drove...