Governance
Tinubu says powerful interests want him dead over his economic reforms. The CBN’s own numbers show the reforms are working. So why isn’t anyone celebrating? At a book launch in Lagos on Wednesday, Olusegun Osoba stood up and delivered a message from the...
Governance
Labour Party’s 2027 primaries just got rescheduled. The reason matters less than what it reveals about where the opposition actually stands. Labour Party has moved all its 2027 primary elections to 30 May 2026. Presidential, governorship, legislative, all of it,...
Governance
A court has declared political parties must submit their full membership registers by September 2026. This changes the 2027 race in ways most Nigerians haven’t been told yet. A Federal High Court has given political parties until September 2026 to submit their...
Diaspora
UK net migration fell to 171,000 in 2025. Lowest in over a decade, excluding the pandemic years. The routes Nigerians use most have been hit hardest. And the UK isn’t the only country tightening. UK net migration fell to an estimated 171,000 in the year to...
Governance, The Lens
Three things from this week worth carrying into the weekend. 1. The S&P upgrade and the bread bill Nigeria got its first sovereign credit rating upgrade in 14 years last week, when S&P revised its outlook. The market reads that as stability returning....
Economy
Nigeria signed N690 billion in road contracts this week. That same week, OPEC confirmed the country’s oil rig count dropped 41.7 per cent in a single month. One announcement. One number. Same story. The federal government signed contracts for four road...