SIXTEEN DEAD

Bandits and terrorists killed sixteen people across Katsina and Plateau this week. The NLC was still drafting its warning that workers may soon be told to stay home. Sixteen people were killed in attacks across Kankia LGA in Katsina and Fan District in Barkin Ladi,...

THE BUDGET BUILT ON A WISH

Nigeria’s 2026 budget assumes revenue the government has never actually collected. The gap between what is projected and what arrives is the reason promised things keep arriving late. Nigeria’s 2026 budget projects N34.33 trillion in revenue against N58.18...

IT’S BACK

BBNaija Season 11 has been officially teased, with auditions opening soon. The group chats are about to change. BBNaija Season 11 is coming. Organisers have confirmed the return of the show, with auditions expected to open in the coming weeks. No premiere date...

THE SENATE SAID REVOKE IT

Oshiomhole stood up and said what a lot of Nigerians were thinking. The Senate heard him. Then they moved on. On Tuesday, Senator Adams Oshiomhole walked to the floor of the Senate and said something specific. Not a condemnation. Not a delegation. A demand....

THE ECONOMY IS GROWING. YOUR PRICES AREN’T.

Nigeria’s best GDP numbers in a decade arrived in the same week businesses raised prices to their highest in 16 months. Both things are real. Only one of them you can feel. Two reports landed in the same week. They don’t contradict each other. They...

WHAT MTN IS ACTUALLY WORTH TO SOUTH AFRICA

If Nigeria ever decides to use its economic leverage against South Africa, these are the numbers it would be working with. The Senate President knew them. That’s why he moved so fast. When Oshiomhole said revoke MTN’s licence, he wasn’t making a...