Governance
Yahaya Bello won the APC senatorial primary by a margin so large it stopped being a number and became a message. He took 72,399 votes. His nearest challenger got 319. Let that sit there for a second. Bello is the former governor of Kogi State. He is also the man...
Governance
The APC ran primaries across the country yesterday. The results tell you everything about which version of Nigerian politics the party intends to carry into 2027. Senate President Godswill Akpabio won unopposed in Akwa Ibom North-West. Adams...
Governance
The WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a global health emergency on Sunday. Nigeria has no confirmed cases. The NCDC has activated its preparedness framework. Those two sentences have a history together. A 59-year-old man in northeastern DRC developed...
Football
Arsenal beat Burnley 1-0 last night and they’re five points clear with two games left. Tonight, Manchester City play Bournemouth away. What happens at the Vitality Stadium will determine whether the title race has a final day. Kai Havertz headed in from a Bukayo...
Governance
The senator Yahaya Bello is most likely to face in 2027 has spent the last year fighting two battles at once. One in public. One the Senate did not want to hear. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan won the Kogi Central Senate seat in 2023. She was the first woman elected to...