THE HANDSHAKE AND THE HANDCUFFS

Tinubu signed a £746m port deal in London. He also signed the deportation agreement. Last week Nigeria’s president stood at Windsor Castle, dined with King Charles, shook hands with Keir Starmer, and came home with what the presidency called a...

WHEN ONE MAN CONTROLS YOUR FUEL

Nigeria froze import licenses in March. Then the Middle East war arrived. Nigeria is Africa’s largest crude oil producer. Between February 23 and March 16, it also recorded one of the sharpest petrol price increases in the world: nearly 40%. Qatar,...

FOURTH MOST TERRORISED COUNTRY ON EARTH

The report landed while the president was at Windsor. He still hasn’t responded. On March 19, the same day Tinubu sat down with Keir Starmer at Downing Street, the 2026 Global Terrorism Index was published by the Institute for Economics and Peace....

YOUR EID TRANSPORT COST MORE THIS YEAR

Petrol is N1,300 at most stations on the day families needed it most. Here’s how that happened. Eid is a travel day. Families move. People go home to parents, drive to prayer grounds, visit relatives across states. The fuel that powers those journeys costs more...

MALLAM FATORI HELD

61 fighters killed. Three commanders named. The border town fought for again. Nigerian troops repelled a major coordinated assault on Mallam Fatori, in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State, this week. The insurgents advanced on foot from the Duguri general...

THE TWO SIDES OF THE DEAL TINUBU SIGNED

The UK migration MoU opened business visas. It also strengthened the machinery for deportations. Both are in force. Most of the coverage of Tinubu’s state visit focused on the £746 million ports deal and the ceremony at Windsor. The agreements that will affect...