Economy
Wednesday 1 April, 2026 That was the Dangote Refinery’s petrol gantry price in December 2025, the number celebrated as proof that domestic refining could make fuel affordable in Nigeria. By 27 March 2026, the same refinery was selling at N1,285 per litre at...
Culture
Wednesday 1 April, 2026 Six hundred cities entered. One Nigerian city walked out with $1 million. This is a short one. And it deserves to be said clearly. Benin City beat 600 cities from across the world to win a $1 million prize in the Bloomberg Mayor’s...
Energy
Wednesday 1 April, 2026 What the war in the Middle East has to do with the bus fare in Lagos If someone at home has called you in the last two weeks to say that transport is expensive, food is more expensive, or money isn’t going as far as it should. This is the...
Archive
1. THE MONEY THAT LEFT A UK transparency law linked Herbert Wigwe to 106 London properties held through offshore companies, a legal exit route invisible until Britain required disclosure in 2022. 2. YOUR GENERATOR HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE FEBRUARY Power generating...
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Tuesday 31 March, 2026 Palm Sunday, an empty market, and a state that manages crises instead of ending them. On Sunday night, gunmen on motorcycles entered a market junction in Jos and opened fire. Between 14 and 27 people died, depending on who you ask. The governor...