YOUR OIL MONEY HAS A GAP

Governors just confirmed NNPC wasn’t sending everything to states Something interesting happened on Monday. Every governor in Nigeria publicly backed Tinubu’s Executive Order 9, which requires oil and gas revenues to be paid directly into the Federation...

PAYING FOR DARKNESS

Edo residents billed for power they haven’t received in months On Monday in Benin City, protesters gathered at Ring Road carrying banners that read: “We pay for light and they give us darkness.” Governor Monday Okpebholo was passing by. He stopped....

THE TRIAL OF NIGERIA’S OIL MONEY

What Diezani bought at Harrods is where Nigeria’s infrastructure budget went At Southwark Crown Court in London this week, prosecutors submitted more evidence in the bribery trial of Nigeria’s former petroleum minister. The details are worth sitting with...

WHEN PROTECTION COSTS $28,000

The HIV drug arriving this month is free everywhere except America This is not a typo. Lenacapavir is arriving in Nigeria in March. It’s a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection. Clinical trials showed it provides near-total protection against HIV infection. The...

THE ₦1.3 TRILLION PROMISE

Nigeria signed its biggest mining deal ever. Watch the groundbreaking date. The federal government and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $1.3 billion deal on Sunday to build an alumina refinery, launch a national minerals mapping programme, and create an...