₦1,275

Wednesday 15 April, 2026 The peak price Dangote’s petrol reached this month. A ceasefire announcement about Iran brought it back down by ₦75. That swing is what deregulation actually means. For a few days this month, Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s ex-gantry...

THE NIGERIAN IN THE ROOM

Wednesday 15 April, 2026 Ademola Lookman scored the goal that sent Atlético Madrid to the Champions League semi-finals. Nigeria now has three players in the competition’s top scorers list. Barcelona came to Madrid last night needing to overturn a 2-0 first-leg...

When the State Fires

Tuesday 14 April, 2026 The Air Force bombed a market. Two colonels are dead. Your petrol costs 12% more than it should. On Saturday, Nigeria’s Air Force killed over a hundred people at a weekly market along the Borno-Yobe border. The military called it a...

THE MARKET AT JILLI

Tuesday 14 April, 2026 The Nigerian Air Force killed over a hundred people on Saturday. It called them a military target. On Saturday afternoon, four Nigerian Air Force jets flew over a weekly market along the Borno-Yobe border and opened fire. The market at Jilli...

Monday, 13 April 2026

THE DOOR THAT JUST CLOSED  US-Iran peace talks collapsed Saturday, Trump ordered a Hormuz naval blockade, and oil jumped 7%, leaving Nigeria earning windfall crude revenue while citizens faced petrol approaching ₦2,000 per litre. TWO NIGERIAS IN ONE HEADLINE  The...