WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026

BORROW, SPEND, REPEAT  Nigeria’s 2026 borrowing plan was quietly revised from N17.89 trillion to N29.2 trillion, leaving debt service at N15.81 trillion before a Naira reaches any hospital or school. WHEN THE STATEMENT WASN’T VOLUNTARY  A Federal High...

Tuesday, 12 MAY 2026

NO COMMENT  Rivers Governor Fubara walked out of his APC screening alone on Sunday, without comment, as 65 of his loyalists were simultaneously disqualified while all 33 Wike-aligned aspirants were cleared. FIFTEEN YEARS AND COUNTING  Speaker Tajudeen Abbas declared...

Monday, 11 May 2026

DANGOTE SAID HE’LL FIX THE LIGHTS  Aliko Dangote announced a 20,000-megawatt power project last week, more than Nigeria’s entire installed grid capacity, as the national grid delivers only 3,331 megawatts to 200 million people. YOUR LAST CHANCE  INEC...

Friday, 08 May 2026

CALLING THE PRESIDENT A CRIMINAL  A Federal High Court ruled Friday on Sowore’s no-case submission in his DSS cyberstalking trial for calling Tinubu a criminal, testing whether the Cybercrimes Act covers political speech. CLOSED DOORS, 36 OFFICERS  The court...

Thursday, 07 May 2026

THE MINIMUM WAGE IS ALREADY LOSING  The NLC and TUC announced minimum wage renegotiation would begin in July 2026, with Lagos workers demanding ₦225,000 and some states still not paying the existing ₦70,000. SEVENTEEN REPS, ONE FLOOR, ONE MORNING  Seventeen House...

Wednesday, 06 May 2026

THE SENATE SAID REVOKE IT  Senator Adams Oshiomhole called on the Senate to nationalise MTN and revoke DSTV’s licence over xenophobic attacks in South Africa, and the Senate President declined, forming a joint committee instead. THE ECONOMY IS GROWING. YOUR...