Governance
The Power Minister’s two-week promise expires today. This is what accountability looks like when there are no consequences. Two weeks ago, Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu stood before cameras in Abuja and did something unusual for a Nigerian...
Diaspora
UK visa fees rise from April 8. For Nigerians, every pound increase is amplified. The UK’s Home Office raised visa fees from April 8. Student visa up from £524 to £558. Permanent residency up from £3,029 to £3,226. Naturalisation up from £1,605 to £1,709....
Governance
The Wigwe story broke this week like a revelation. The Pandora Papers offered the same map in 2021. Every Monday, The Money Lens looks back at the previous week. The question it asks is always the same. What was the signal before the damage arrived? This week’s...
Governance
The CBN just restructured how diaspora remittances reach Nigeria. Here’s what it means for the naira. And for the person waiting at home. Every month, Nigerians abroad send money home. Not because they have to. Because someone is depending on it. School fees....
Economy
Aviation fuel is approaching N3,000 per litre. When some airlines stop flying, everyone pays. The regulator responsible for monitoring aviation fuel prices in Nigeria hasn’t acted. That’s the sentence THISDAY buried inside a front-page report this...
Economy
One-third of the world’s fertiliser exports moved through the Strait of Hormuz. It’s been closed since February 28. Nobody is writing about this. They should be. While Nigeria tracks the Iran war through oil prices and airline fares, a slower crisis is...