THE CHAMPION

Oluwadamilola Adeolu, 14, from Ekiti, just beat thirty-plus African countries. Next stop: China. On March 20, in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14-year-old Oluwadamilola Adeolu of St. Lawrence Metropolitan College, Ado-Ekiti, won the Junior Category of the 2026 African...

THE WEEKEND BRIEF

Three things from this week worth more thought than they got. This week produced more signal than noise. Here are three things to carry into the weekend. One. The remittance rule and who it actually protects. The CBN’s new directive requiring all IMTOs to route...

Wednesday 25 March, 2026

1. THE CITY AND THE BOMBERS  Three suicide bombers killed 27 civilians in Maiduguri on March 16, the same week the 68 Battalion killed 61 fighters at Mallam Fatori, with two more bombers still at large. 2. ARRAIGNED AT LAST  El-Rufai appeared in court on Tuesday, 35...

Who The State Is For

Thursday March 26,2026 Nigeria kept its word to Togo and the UK. It didn’t keep it to Kebbi. The Nigerian state made three choices this week. It honoured a contract with Togo and kept exporting electricity. It signed a deal with the UK and removed the obstacle...

THE AMBUSH

Lakurawa lured ten security personnel into a kill zone in Kebbi. The Nigerian Army still hasn’t commented. The tip-off arrived first. Residents in Giro Masa, Shanga Local Government Area, Kebbi State, alerted security forces on Tuesday night: armed men had been...