THE RENT KEEPS RISING

UK wages are finally outpacing rent. The damage from two years of the opposite is already done. ONS data released this month shows average UK private rents up 3.5% in the year to January 2026. Average monthly rent: £1,367. Wage growth: 4.2%. So wages are...

THE JOB YOUR PARENTS TOLD YOU TO GET IS DISAPPEARING

AI cut entry-level UK job postings by 32% since 2022. The advice most diaspora parents give hasn’t caught up. Entry-level job vacancies in the UK dropped 32% between November 2022 and June 2025, according to Guardian reporting on Indeed data. A King’s...

FROZEN WITHOUT CHARGES 

A Federal High Court in Abuja ruled this morning that commercial banks must lift blanket post-#EndSARS restrictions placed on customer accounts without fresh court orders. Some of those accounts have been frozen for five years. The customers were never charged with...

The System As Designed

Saturday’s election results are in. The new rules worked exactly as written. The first election under the new Electoral Act happened on Saturday. APC won five of six FCT area councils. Turnout was 15%. INEC uploaded 93% of results to IReV by Sunday afternoon. By...

The Vote They’re Trying to Bury 

While Nigerians were fasting for the first day of Ramadan, their lawmakers were doing something far more consequential to the future of their votes. After weeks of protests, tear gas, a House walkout, and multiple emergency sessions, the National Assembly passed the...