THE LENS

This week before it got loud. Look at what was already in motion before Saturday’s convention, before the wanted notice, before any of it broke through the noise. INEC had already announced the final voter registration window would open on May 11. That...

NOLLYWOOD’S BIGGEST NIGHT WENT TO A BRITISH-NIGERIAN FILM

My Father’s Shadow won Best Movie at the 2026 AMVCA. It won at BAFTA first. The industry is still working out what to do with that. The 12th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards took place on Saturday night at Eko Hotel in Lagos. The biggest prize...

Rashford. arsenal. el clasico

THE NIGERIAN Marcus Rashford. FC Barcelona. On loan from Manchester United. Seven goals and seven assists in La Liga this season, in a campaign that has gone far better than anyone predicted when the loan was agreed last July. On Sunday night at Camp Nou, with...

THE COST OF STAYING

The system rewards compliance until the moment it reveals what compliance actually cost. Today’s edition arrives on a Sunday. Which means the stories that have been building across the week land with their full weight at once. Two serialised stories. One...

#001: THE workaround economy.

INSIDE NIGERIA: THE WORKAROUND ECONOMY HOW BUSINESS RUNS WHEN THE SYSTEM STOPS. The investigation found that Nigeria’s workaround economy now sets prices, moves money, and absorbs shocks ahead of formal channels, producing a two-tier outcome where...