THE SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday in Jos. Again. The state’s response follows the same script it always does. The governor arrived in an armoured tank. That detail matters. Not because it’s unusual in Nigeria. Because of what it says about who the state was protecting when it...

THE GAP BETWEEN THE NUMBER AND THE MARKET

Inflation is 15%. Go price beans in Oyingbo today. Nigeria’s headline inflation figure fell to 15.06% in February 2026. That number has been celebrated in CBN press releases and cited in government briefings as proof that the hard reforms are working. Go to Mile...

THE BILL NO ONE EXPLAINED TO THE PATIENT

Nigeria’s health system is already broken. The government’s response is a law reorganising who has power inside it. Nigeria’s federal teaching hospitals have spent months running at skeletal capacity. Earlier this year, the JOHESU strike left...

THE COALITION IS REAL. THE VOTER ISN’T IN IT.

Kwankwaso just joined the ADC. The opposition is building. The person who didn’t vote last time still hasn’t been asked why. On Monday, Rabiu Kwankwaso formally resigned from the NNPP and joined the African Democratic Congress at a ceremony in Kano. The...

THE COLD ROOM SHE BUILT BEFORE THE GRID ARRIVED

Amara has spent eleven years waiting for stable power. She stopped waiting in year three. Amara Okonkwo runs a cold chain distribution business out of a rented yard in Onitsha. She supplies frozen fish, chicken, and dairy to hotels, supermarkets, and school canteens...