Economy, Energy
Monday 20 April, 2026 Nigeria’s airlines didn’t shut down today. They came close enough. Today was supposed to be the day Nigerian skies went quiet. Jet A1 fuel went from N900 per litre at the end of February to N3,300 per litre by mid-April. That is a 267...
Economy
Monday 20 April, 2026 Nigeria’s debt is improving. Then it gets worse. Right when it matters most. The IMF doesn’t usually time its numbers for maximum inconvenience. It doesn’t have to. The numbers do it themselves. Last Wednesday at the IMF-World...
Governance
Monday 20 April, 2026 Nigeria tells 14,000 communities they will flood. Then waits. Every year, Nigeria announces which communities will flood. Every year, many of them do. The announcement and the flooding coexist without the first preventing the second. Last...
The Lens
Monday April 20, 2026 We saw it. Did you? On Friday afternoon, Nigerian fuel marketers were already calculating how fast the price would fall. Iran and the United States had agreed a ceasefire. The Strait of Hormuz was reopening. Brent crude dropped around 9 per...
Diaspora
Monday 20 April, 2026 World Athletics stopped Favour Ofili from leaving Nigeria. Nigeria didn’t give her a reason to stay. Favour Ofili tried to leave. She had reason to. In 2020, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria failed...