WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

THE SAME NAMES  The APC senatorial primaries confirmed Akpabio, Lawan, Oshiomhole, and Kalu as 2027 candidates, with Uzodimma beating Okorocha 230,464 to 1,098, showing the same governing class selecting itself for another cycle. THE ABYSS  Nigeria’s development...

Tuesday, 19 MAY 2026

THE 72,000  Yahaya Bello won the APC Kogi Central senatorial primary with 72,399 votes while his EFCC money laundering trial remained active, defeating two rivals who gathered a combined 507 votes. THE SORT  The APC ran nationwide senatorial primaries on Monday,...

SAME CLASS, NEW SEATS

The APC just picked its 2027 Senate. It picked the same people. While that was happening, a teacher’s family was asking Nigerians to stop sharing the video of his execution. Here’s what happened. The APC primaries confirmed what democracy looks like when...

THE SAME NAMES

The APC senatorial primaries are over. The names are familiar. The same political generation that has governed Nigeria since 1999 just selected itself to govern for another cycle. Godswill Akpabio won the Akwa Ibom North West ticket with 121,425 votes. Ahmad...

THE ABYSS

Nigeria has 39 million small businesses. They employ the majority of the country’s private sector workers. Fewer than one in twenty of them can access formal bank credit. That’s not a funding gap. That’s a design. Dele Oye, chairman of the Alliance...