THE ACCOUNT

Nigeria’s political system keeps breaking the people who try to use it. Meanwhile the people who used it to break others are only now sitting in court. Both things are happening this week. A bank chairman went to Kuje. Here’s what he did with your money....

THE CHAIRMAN’S ACCOUNT

A bank chairman stood in court on Monday accused of moving N15.6 billion of depositors’ money into companies he controlled. The bank collapsed in 2016. The case reached court in 2026. Tunde Ayeni used to be one of the most powerful men in banking Nigeria had...

FIVE DAYS LEFT

Peter Obi has joined his third party in less than three years. The move to the NDC is now official. But the piece of this story that matters most runs out on Sunday. Obi and Kwankwaso received their NDC membership cards on Sunday at the party’s national...

ARSENAL TONIGHT

Arsenal host Atletico Madrid tonight at the Emirates in the Champions League semi-final second leg. The tie is 1-1. Nothing is decided. But everything is in Arsenal’s hands. The first leg in Madrid ended 1-1, with both goals coming from the penalty spot....

THE DIASPORA HAS FIVE DAYS TOO

The NDC has opened a digital membership registration platform for Nigerians abroad. If you are an Obidient Movement member outside Nigeria, your five-day clock is running too. The Obidient Movement’s statement after the NDC defection explicitly included...