Diaspora
Bukayo Saka’s parents left Nigeria for London. Last night their son sent Arsenal to the Champions League final. There’s a version of this story Nigeria tells about itself. There’s another version it hasn’t learned to tell yet. Adenike and Yomi...
Economy
8.34% That’s Nigeria’s cumulative GDP growth across 2024 and 2025. The highest two-year expansion in over a decade, according to a new report by the Lagos-based Quartus Economics research house. To hold that number properly, you need to know what GDP...
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...
Diaspora
The NDC has opened a digital membership registration platform for Nigerians abroad. If you are an Obidient Movement member outside Nigeria, your five-day clock is running too. The Obidient Movement’s statement after the NDC defection explicitly included...
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...