Governance
The Power Minister’s two-week promise expires today. This is what accountability looks like when there are no consequences. Two weeks ago, Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu stood before cameras in Abuja and did something unusual for a Nigerian...
Diaspora
UK visa fees rise from April 8. For Nigerians, every pound increase is amplified. The UK’s Home Office raised visa fees from April 8. Student visa up from £524 to £558. Permanent residency up from £3,029 to £3,226. Naturalisation up from £1,605 to £1,709....
Governance
The Wigwe story broke this week like a revelation. The Pandora Papers offered the same map in 2021. Every Monday, The Money Lens looks back at the previous week. The question it asks is always the same. What was the signal before the damage arrived? This week’s...
Archive
1. THEY MOVED THE MONEY The CBN directed IMTOs to settle diaspora remittances in naira only from May 1, removing recipients’ access to the parallel market rate of N1,412 per dollar. 2. YOUR ABUJA TICKET IS ABOUT TO CHANGE Aviation fuel approached...
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1. THE AMBUSH Suspected Lakurawa fighters fed a false tip-off to security forces in Kebbi’s Shanga LGA on Tuesday night, ambushed the soldiers who responded, and killed 13, while the Nigerian Army issued no statement. 2. YOUR DEPORTATION JUST GOT EASIER ...