TWO CLOCKS

Nigeria’s politicians met in Ibadan to plan for 2027. The UN released a report about 2026. Those two documents don’t agree on what country they’re describing. Six stories today. Fourteen parties. One declaration. One question nobody answered. 35...

THE IBADAN DECLARATION

Fourteen parties agreed to field one candidate. They didn’t agree on what they’re offering. On Saturday, fourteen Nigerian opposition parties sat in the Oyo State Government House banquet hall and signed a declaration. They called it the Ibadan...

THIRTY-FIVE MILLION

Nigeria is among the world’s ten worst hunger countries. The lean season starts in June. Two days before the Ibadan Declaration, the UN released the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises. Nigeria is on the list. Top ten. Alongside Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, and...

THE MAN WHO SAID NO

Sowore was invited to Ibadan. He declined publicly. What he said about the room is the most clarifying thing said about the weekend. Omoyele Sowore was invited to the Ibadan summit. He posted his refusal on X on Sunday. “There is no need to pretend that the...

NOWHERE TO GO

In the same weekend, Nigerians were accused of destroying Ghana and told to close their shops in South Africa. One government flew a minister in. The other sent an advisory. On Saturday morning in Accra, a group called the Concerned Youth Alliance held a protest at...