Culture
Friday 10 April, 2026 Nollywood arrived somewhere it hasn’t been before. The audience noticed. At the Nollywood in Hollywood 2026 showcase in Los Angeles, audiences stayed in their seats after the credits rolled on Nigerian films. Not because they were...
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Thursday 09 April, 2026 Three decisions made elsewhere reshaped Nigeria’s week overnight. Yesterday, two things happened in the same twelve hours, and neither happened in Abuja. A ceasefire between the US and Iran sent oil prices crashing 15%. At almost exactly...
Economy
Thursday April 09, 2026 Nigeria was quietly benefiting from a war it didn’t start. Last night that ended. Around 9pm on Tuesday, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he’d agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. He described it as a...
Governance
Thursday 09 April, 2026 The opposition lined up outside INEC yesterday. Here’s what they were really saying. It rained in Abuja on Wednesday. Atiku Abubakar stood in it. Peter Obi stood in it. Rabiu Kwankwaso stood in it. Rotimi Amaechi, Rauf Aregbesola,...
Security
Thursday 09 April, 2026 America updated what it thinks of Nigeria yesterday. The list is longer than before. On the same Wednesday that opposition leaders stood in the rain outside INEC, the US State Department added five more Nigerian states to its Level 4...