Thursday 02 April, 2026

THE TIMING IS THE STORY  INEC sat on a Court of Appeal order for three weeks, then acted within 24 hours of Kwankwaso’s defection, freezing the ADC’s recognition the day the coalition became most dangerous. THREE AGENCIES, ONE MAN  El-Rufai’s bail...

Wednesday, 01 April 2026

1. THE SOLUTION THAT BECAME THE PROBLEM  The Dangote Refinery hiked petrol five times in March 2026, reaching N1,285 per litre, as the Iran war exposed Nigeria’s deregulated fuel market’s absence of any price buffer. 2. THE LOAN THAT HELPS BRITAIN  Nigeria...

Tuesday 31 March, 2026

1. THE SCHEDULE  Gunmen on motorcycles killed between 14 and 27 people in Jos on Palm Sunday, the same result the same security architecture has produced at Easter in Plateau state for years. 2. THE GAP BETWEEN THE NUMBER AND THE MARKET  Nigeria’s headline...

Monday 30 MARCH, 2026

1. THE MONEY THAT LEFT  A UK transparency law linked Herbert Wigwe to 106 London properties held through offshore companies, a legal exit route invisible until Britain required disclosure in 2022. 2. YOUR GENERATOR HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE FEBRUARY  Power generating...

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2026

1. THEY MOVED THE MONEY  The CBN directed IMTOs to settle diaspora remittances in naira only from May 1, removing recipients’ access to the parallel market rate of N1,412 per dollar. 2. YOUR ABUJA TICKET IS ABOUT TO CHANGE  Aviation fuel approached...

Thursday 26 March, 2026

1. THE AMBUSH Suspected Lakurawa fighters fed a false tip-off to security forces in Kebbi’s Shanga LGA on Tuesday night, ambushed the soldiers who responded, and killed 13, while the Nigerian Army issued no statement. 2. YOUR DEPORTATION JUST GOT EASIER ...