Governance, Economy
A bank chairman stood in court on Monday accused of moving N15.6 billion of depositors’ money into companies he controlled. The bank collapsed in 2016. The case reached court in 2026. Tunde Ayeni used to be one of the most powerful men in banking Nigeria had...
Governance
Peter Obi has joined his third party in less than three years. The move to the NDC is now official. But the piece of this story that matters most runs out on Sunday. Obi and Kwankwaso received their NDC membership cards on Sunday at the party’s national...
Governance
Tunde Ayeni The name on the Skye Bank charge sheet is the same one that appeared in EFCC custody in 2016. Ten years later he is at Kuje. That is not a footnote. That is the story of how Nigeria handles its elite financial controversies. Tunde Ayeni is 63. He is a...
Governance
Peter Obi confirmed his exit from the ADC on Sunday, then walked into the NDC secretariat by the afternoon. His explanation was the same one he gave when he left Labour. Peter Obi posted to X on Sunday morning. He said the same agents who created crises inside the...
Governance
Nigeria’s Supreme Court settled the leadership question in two opposition parties yesterday. A court ruling can only tell you who holds the structure. It can’t tell you whether the structure still means anything. Yesterday the Supreme Court delivered its...
Governance
Goodluck Jonathan told a London court he personally approved Diezani’s private jet use and that third-party payments for ministers on overseas duties were standard practice. The jury is now deciding. Was she innocent? Or does the evidence make the whole system...