The Machinery That Fails You

Monday, March 9, 2026 The systems built to protect Nigerians keep breaking at the moment they’re needed. Today’s through-line is simple and brutal: Nigeria is a country where the machinery that is supposed to protect you keeps failing at the moment you...

THE RETURN

The government declared Ngoshe safe, paid 3,000 refugees to come home. Boko Haram just took 300 of them as slaves. Nigerian security works like this. The state announces a clearance operation. Then announces resettlement. Then announces a committee to investigate what...

YOUR FUEL COSTS ₦1,000 THIS WEEK

Dangote has a monopoly. The government gave it to him. Now nobody can stop the price. This isn’t really a war story. Yes, the Iran-US conflict pushed global crude prices up. Yes, Dangote Refinery hiked its gantry price three times in one week — from ₦774 to...

WHEN THE TOOL TURNS

El-Rufai has been held for 20 days without charges. He should know exactly how this works. The ICPC is holding former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai without charges. The 14-day remand order that authorised his detention expired on March 5. No charges have been...

THE VERDICT

Today the Appeal Court decides whether Nigeria has a functioning opposition going into 2027. Nigeria’s main opposition party has two chairmen, two secretariats, a police-sealed national headquarters, and a crisis so deep that INEC has refused to recognise...