THE PRICE OF STAYING

Wednesday, 18 March, 2026 Nigeria’s anti-graft agency allegedly named its condition: quit politics. Today’s edition is about what institutions demand when they want you gone. A former governor filed a 30-page criminal complaint yesterday alleging that ICPC...

THE CONDITION

Nasir El-Rufai says ICPC told him: quit politics, or stay in custody Nigeria’s anti-corruption system works like this. You get arrested. You’re moved from one agency to another. The first remand order expires. The second one comes. You try to challenge it...

18 DEAD IN JIBIA

Vigilantes killed repentant bandits. The reprisal came within hours. Jibia Local Government Area in Katsina had been peaceful for over a year. That matters. It means the security effort was working, at least by surface metrics. Then yesterday at noon, vigilantes...

THE WINDFALL THAT ISN’T LANDING

Oil is above $100. Nigeria is pumping 500,000 barrels fewer per day than it planned. This is the oil paradox nobody is talking about clearly. OPEC’s reference basket averaged $102.58 per barrel this month. Nigeria’s 2026 budget was built on $64.85....

THE MONDAY TEST

Soludo began his second term. He pointed at the date as the evidence. Chukwuma Soludo was sworn in for a second term as Anambra governor yesterday at Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.Former Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan were there. Vice President Shettima was there. So...