Energy
A European consortium is back at the table for an infrastructure deal first announced in 2021. Still no turbines. The federal government reopened talks this weekend with a European consortium over a power infrastructure project first announced in 2021. The original...
Economy
Nigeria now owes the World Bank’s concessional arm $18.7 billion. A new $500 million loan is being processed. Nigeria is the World Bank’s third-largest IDA borrower as of December 2025. The figure is $18.7 billion, up from $16.8 billion a year...
Culture
Last night in London, a film about Lagos in 1993 won a BAFTA. The election it was made about is still being contested. Last night at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTA Film Awards for her role in Sinners....
Diaspora
Canada announced new pathways this week. It’s also deporting 974 Nigerians. Canada’s immigration system can hold two things at once, and it wants you to see only one of them. This week, IRCC announced new Express Entry categories for...
Latest
Nigeria promised. Nigeria budgeted. Nigeria did not pay. Today’s edition is about the distance between what this country announces and what it actually does. The health ministry received ₦36 million of a ₦218 billion budget. The power grid Tinubu is still asking...