Culture
Argungu came back after six years. 50,000 fishermen. One 59kg catch. Two cars. The Matan Fada River has been waiting. The 61st Argungu International Fishing Festival returned last weekend after a six-year pause forced by insecurity and COVID-19. Abubakar Usman...
Diaspora
UK switches to eVisa for Nigerian applicants in five days. Here’s what changes. From February 25, the UK stops issuing physical visa stickers to Nigerian applicants. Everything moves to a digital eVisa accessed through a UKVI online account. The application...
Uncategorized
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...
Security
America’s army arrived where Nigeria’s couldn’t protect its own miners This week, 100 US military trainers landed at Bauchi’s Gombe Airfield. They’re here to help Nigerian forces fight Boko Haram and bandits in the northeast. The...
Governance
El-Rufai’s custody shuffle tells you exactly how political prosecution works Here’s the sequence. El-Rufai returned from Cairo on February 12 and security operatives tried to arrest him at the airport. He talked his way out. Four days later, he...