THE AMBUSH

Lakurawa lured ten security personnel into a kill zone in Kebbi. The Nigerian Army still hasn’t commented. The tip-off arrived first. Residents in Giro Masa, Shanga Local Government Area, Kebbi State, alerted security forces on Tuesday night: armed men had been...

YOUR DEPORTATION JUST GOT EASIER

The Windsor visit produced trade deals and photographs. It also produced a deportation agreement nobody announced properly. Nigeria traded away the main administrative obstacle to deporting its own citizens from the UK. Most Nigerians in Britain are only finding out...

THE JUDGE HE WANTS GONE

El-Rufai asked the presiding judge to step aside. The NJC petition exists. The judge proceeded anyway. The constitutional right to challenge a biased judge exists for every Nigerian in pre-charge detention. El-Rufai is the first person most Nigerians have heard of who...

₦83. THREE DAYS.

The naira is at ₦1,382 official. The parallel market is at ₦1,465. The gap is now ₦83. Wednesday’s edition put the official rate at ₦1,357 and the gap at ₦73. By March 25, the official rate had moved to ₦1,382 per dollar. The parallel market is trading closer to...

YOUR SCHOLARSHIP WINDOW IS OPEN

The NDDC foreign scholarship portal opened three days ago. Most eligible students still don’t know. The Niger Delta Development Commission opened its 2026/2027 foreign scholarship portal on March 23. It won’t stay open long. It never does. This is one of...

FOURTEEN DAYS

The power minister put a deadline on his own promise yesterday. The grid has 16 plants offline. Babatunde Adelabu promised power recovery “within 14 days” yesterday. That clock started March 24. April 7 is the date it expires. Here’s where...