THE SOLUTION THAT BECAME THE PROBLEM

Wednesday 01 April, 2026 The Dangote Refinery was built to end Nigeria’s fuel price volatility. It has become its fastest transmission line. In December 2025, the Dangote Refinery cut its petrol gantry price to N699 per litre. This was the news we had been...

THE LOAN THAT HELPS BRITAIN

Wednesday 01 April, 2026 Nigeria borrowed $1bn to fix its ports and routed a third of the contracts back to the lender’s economy There’s a version of the UK ports deal that sounds like good news. Nigeria’s Apapa and Tin Can Island ports...

THE STATEMENT AND THE DEAD

Wednesday 01 April, 2026 Nigeria spent N5.41 trillion on defence in 2026. Thirteen people were killed at a wedding in Kaduna. Bandits arrived at a wedding in Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State on the night of 30 March. They were...

THE NUMBER is 699

Wednesday 1 April, 2026 That was the Dangote Refinery’s petrol gantry price in December 2025, the number celebrated as proof that domestic refining could make fuel affordable in Nigeria. By 27 March 2026, the same refinery was selling at N1,285 per litre at...

YOUR FAMILY’S TRANSPORT MONEY

Wednesday 1 April, 2026 What the war in the Middle East has to do with the bus fare in Lagos If someone at home has called you in the last two weeks to say that transport is expensive, food is more expensive, or money isn’t going as far as it should. This is the...

THE SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday in Jos. Again. The state’s response follows the same script it always does. The governor arrived in an armoured tank. That detail matters. Not because it’s unusual in Nigeria. Because of what it says about who the state was protecting when it...