Governance, Energy
Monday 13 April, 2026 Tinubu asked ministers to “look into” fuel price mitigation on Friday. The TUC named a specific plan weeks ago. These are not the same thing. There’s a specific moment that tells you how Nigerian governance responds to crises....
Diaspora
Monday 13 April, 2026 A 14-year-old British-Nigerian was shot dead in Woolwich. A suspect has been charged. What this moment asks the community to hold. On April 2, at around 4pm in Woolwich, southeast London, a 14-year-old boy was shot. His name was Eghosa Ogbebor....
Security
Friday 10 April, 2026 Nigeria’s government says the country is safe. Twenty-three states say something different. On Tuesday night, gunmen arrived in Bagna and Erena, two villages in Shiroro, Niger State. They operated for hours. They burned houses. They...
Diaspora
Friday April 10, 2026 The US is pulling out. The UK and Canada made leaving more expensive. Both things happened this week. The week that America formally declared 23 Nigerian states too dangerous for its own non-essential staff is also the week that the UK raised its...
Economy
Friday 10 April, 2026 Nigeria’s Senate approved $6 billion in new debt in a single session. Here’s where the money goes. Nigeria’s total public debt crossed N155 trillion this week. The specific mechanism was a National Assembly approval of a $6...
Economy
Thursday April 09, 2026 Nigeria was quietly benefiting from a war it didn’t start. Last night that ended. Around 9pm on Tuesday, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he’d agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. He described it as a...