Governance
The opposition is consulting. The consultations are not yet producing anything the opposition doesn’t already have. On Monday evening, Peter Obi led a delegation of South-East leaders to the Maitama home of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting lasted...
Governance
1.9 million UTME results are out. The score is the easy part. JAMB has released results for 1,897,692 of the 2,243,761 candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The exam ended on April 25. Results are being released in batches. If you...
Governance
Fourteen parties agreed to field one candidate. They didn’t agree on what they’re offering. On Saturday, fourteen Nigerian opposition parties sat in the Oyo State Government House banquet hall and signed a declaration. They called it the Ibadan...
Governance
Nigeria is among the world’s ten worst hunger countries. The lean season starts in June. Two days before the Ibadan Declaration, the UN released the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises. Nigeria is on the list. Top ten. Alongside Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, and...
Governance
Sowore was invited to Ibadan. He declined publicly. What he said about the room is the most clarifying thing said about the weekend. Omoyele Sowore was invited to the Ibadan summit. He posted his refusal on X on Sunday. “There is no need to pretend that the...
Governance
The Ibadan Declaration didn’t happen because the opposition found unity. INEC gave them a shared deadline and they had no choice. We saw it. Did you? The signal was in March. INEC released its timetable for the 2027 general elections. The deadline for party...