Monday 20 April, 2026

THE POSTPONED COLLAPSE  Nigerian airlines paused their April 20 shutdown after ministerial intervention, with Jet A1 up 267 per cent since February and an April 22 meeting the only resolution offered. THE ELECTION-YEAR DIP  The IMF projected Nigeria’s...

Sunday 19 April, 2026

THE PERFORMANCE  A woman in Peckham watched her son greet his grandmother correctly in every way except the language, and realised the culture she’d been passing down was the performance of it, not the thing itself. SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN  A woman on holiday in...

Saturday, April 19, 2026

THE SECOND DOOR  Nigerian parents investing in academy football and grammar school tutoring faced a selection layer that exists in no admissions document and has never been named by any widening participation programme.

Friday 17 April, 2026

WHAT CALM LOOKS LIKE  Plateau State relaxed the Jos North curfew to 7pm on April 15, three weeks after 20+ were killed in Angwan Rukuba, while attacks continued in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi. THREE DAYS  Nigerian airlines warned of a nationwide flight suspension...

Thursday 16 April, 2026

THE SHUTDOWN NOTICE  Nigerian airlines threatened to suspend all flights from April 20 after Jet A1 jumped from ₦900 to ₦3,300 per litre in six weeks, while global crude rose only 30%. APPROVED DOESN’T MEAN FIXED  Tinubu announced ₦3.3trn to settle power sector...

WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL, 2026

THE EMPTY EYE  Nigeria borrowed $460 million for Abuja CCTV cameras in 2010, and in 2026 ZTE admitted to parliament it cannot confirm whether the cameras still work while loan repayments continue. FORTY-EIGHT NAMES  Nigeria published a terrorism financing list of 48...