EID AL-FITR

Thirty days of Ramadan are done. Nigeria is celebrating. Today is Eid al-Fitr. Friday, March 20, 2026. The Sultan of Sokoto confirmed it last night: the crescent wasn’t sighted on the 29th day, Ramadan completed its full 30. The prayer grounds opened this...

THE TWO SIDES OF THE DEAL TINUBU SIGNED

The UK migration MoU opened business visas. It also strengthened the machinery for deportations. Both are in force. Most of the coverage of Tinubu’s state visit focused on the £746 million ports deal and the ceremony at Windsor. The agreements that will affect...

THE UNPAID BILL

Nigeria has run its power sector on debt since 2013. The debt is now N6.8 trillion. The lights are off on Eid. Nigeria’s electricity has always been unreliable. But what’s happening right now isn’t a blackout. It’s a reckoning. 16 of...

IBADAN IS NOT SAFE ANYMORE

Gunmen kidnapped four cocoa farmers from a government research institute. Two are still missing. It happened at noon on Wednesday. At the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria in Idi-Ayunre, Ibadan. Representatives from the Cocoa Farmers Association of Ogun State had...

THE MINISTER’S TARGET

Five things Tinubu said he’d fix. One minister is leaving with his undone. Power Minister Adelabu’s resignation before March 31 isn’t just a political story. It’s a measurement. He inherited a sector with an installed capacity of 13,625...