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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...