Governance
The APC screening committee cleared every Wike-aligned candidate in Rivers and rejected every candidate backed by Fubara. Fubara walked out. He said nothing. The APC’s Rivers State House of Assembly screening last week cleared all 29 sitting lawmakers aligned...
Governance
Today is Leah Sharibu’s birthday. She has spent the last nine years in ISWAP captivity for refusing to convert to Islam. She is the only Dapchi girl who was never returned. On 19 February 2018, ISWAP attacked Government Girls’ Science and Technical College...
Governance, The Lens
Three things from this week worth carrying into the weekend. The man who’s still missing. Saleh Mamman was sentenced to 75 years in prison on Wednesday for stealing ₦33.8 billion meant for Nigeria’s hydroelectric power projects. He wasn’t...
Business, Governance
Nigeria’s Lagos-London Air Peace flight turned back mid-air on Wednesday after Algerian airspace authorities blocked the route over a permit dispute. The issue was resolved. The flight departed that evening. Air Peace confirmed that its scheduled Lagos-London...
Governance
A federal court jailed Nigeria’s former power minister for 75 years. He didn’t show up. His lawyer didn’t know where to find him. Interpol has been called. Saleh Mamman served as Nigeria’s Minister of Power from August 2019 to September 2021....
Economy, Governance
Tinubu flew to Nairobi and told the world that Nigeria’s debt is eating it alive. The same week, his government moved to borrow another $1.25 billion. On Tuesday, at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, President Tinubu delivered one of the sharper speeches of...