THE POISON LETTER

The man walking into the EFCC this morning also claims the government imported a toxin to kill him Here’s what today looks like in Nigeria At 10am this morning, former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai is scheduled to walk into the EFCC’s offices in Abuja....

THE MANUAL FALLBACK

The Senate fixed the Electoral Act. Except for the part that makes rigging possible. The Senate said it listened. After #OccupyNASS protests shut down the National Assembly entrance, after Peter Obi joined protesters at the gate, after the NLC threatened...

TWO HUNDRED TRAINERS

American troops are on the ground. The conversation Nigeria needs to have is being avoided. The first C-17s landed at Maiduguri on Thursday night. The United States is deploying approximately 200 intelligence analysts, advisers, and trainers to help Nigerian...

THE NAMED MAN

Five US congressmen introduced a bill that targets a Nigerian opposition figure by name. That’s new. The Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026 was introduced in the US House of Representatives last week by five Republican lawmakers...

YOUR PUMP PRICE

The refinery did its part. The rest of the system didn’t. Dangote cut its ex-depot petrol price to ₦774 per litre last Tuesday. That’s ₦25 cheaper than before, and cheaper than imported petrol landing from Lome at ₦793. Africa’s largest refinery...