Governance
Thursday 09 April, 2026 The opposition lined up outside INEC yesterday. Here’s what they were really saying. It rained in Abuja on Wednesday. Atiku Abubakar stood in it. Peter Obi stood in it. Rabiu Kwankwaso stood in it. Rotimi Amaechi, Rauf Aregbesola,...
Security
Thursday 09 April, 2026 America updated what it thinks of Nigeria yesterday. The list is longer than before. On the same Wednesday that opposition leaders stood in the rain outside INEC, the US State Department added five more Nigerian states to its Level 4...
Economy
Thursday 09 April, 2026 The economy grew. The World Bank had to explain what that means for a child in Kano. Nigeria’s economy grew 4% in 2025. The same rate as 2024. The World Bank presented this on Tuesday as progress. Cautious, real, worth building on....
Governance
Thursday April 09, 2026 What is Nigeria negotiating, and with whom? This week, three things happened outside Nigeria that changed things inside Nigeria. Trump and Iran agreed a ceasefire, and the oil price that was quietly filling Nigerian government accounts dropped...
Energy
Thursday 09 April, 2026 Petrol dropped yesterday. Here’s why that matters even when everything else is complicated. Dangote Refinery cut petrol to N1,200 per litre on Wednesday. Down from N1,275. A N75 reduction at the gantry. The reason the price fell is that...
Economy
Wednesday April 08, 2026 Nigeria paid N699 per litre for petrol on January 1. It’s paying N1,275 today. The distance between those two numbers is not a policy failure. It’s a war in a region Nigeria has no part in, filtered through a market mechanism that...