Senate rewrites electoral transparency by erasing it

The law now says electronic transmission is mandatory. The same law also says manual results override it when networks fail. Both can’t be true. One of them is a lie waiting to happen in 2027. Tuesday’s Senate session was billed as a reversal. After public...

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HEALTH BUDGET: ₦218BN ALLOCATED, ₦36M RELEASED. Nigeria’s Health Ministry received ₦36 million out of ₦218 billion allocated for capital projects in 2025. That’s 0.016%. This isn’t incompetence—it’s the machinery of budget failure working...

Nigeria’s Forex Lifeline Strengthens.

Foreign reserves hit $49 billion. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced a 4.93% increase and sharp climb from the $3 billion net reserves when he took office. Remittances drove much of the growth while premium between official and parallel exchange rates collapsed to...

Democracy’s Broken Machinery.

Protesters stormed the National Assembly gates Monday demanding real-time electronic transmission of election results. The Senate deleted “real-time” from the Electoral Act amendment. Peter Obi joined civil society groups at the barricades while former...

Imported Petrol Undercuts Dangote By ₦77

The fuel price war just flipped on you. Imported petrol now costs ₦77 per litre less than Dangote Refinery’s ₦799 gantry price, according to data from the Major Energies Marketers Association. After months of Dangote undercutting importers, the market reversed....