Governance, The Lens
Nigeria has missed its OPEC oil production quota for nine straight months. The budget was written for different numbers. Nobody is rewriting the budget. Thursday is for the question the week made urgent. This week gave me one I can’t put down. Nigeria’s...
Governance
The APC senatorial primaries are over. The names are familiar. The same political generation that has governed Nigeria since 1999 just selected itself to govern for another cycle. Godswill Akpabio won the Akwa Ibom North West ticket with 121,425 votes. Ahmad...
Governance
A teacher named Michael Oyedokun was abducted from a school in Oyo State on May 15. By Sunday he was dead. His family issued a statement on Tuesday asking Nigerians to stop sharing the video of his execution. His children are sitting exams. The attack on Ahoro-Esinele...
Governance, Arts
Davido called out the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy. The minister’s aide fired back. Osun’s August governorship election just got louder. On Tuesday, Davido posted on X. “The most desperate politician in the world is @GboyegaOyetola very...
Governance
Yahaya Bello won the APC senatorial primary by a margin so large it stopped being a number and became a message. He took 72,399 votes. His nearest challenger got 319. Let that sit there for a second. Bello is the former governor of Kogi State. He is also the man...
Governance
The APC ran primaries across the country yesterday. The results tell you everything about which version of Nigerian politics the party intends to carry into 2027. Senate President Godswill Akpabio won unopposed in Akwa Ibom North-West. Adams...