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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...
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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...
Economy
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...
Governance
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...
Governance
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...