Diaspora
The system that won’t pay in Lagos and the one that moves the goalposts in London are the same system. Here’s what this week looks like if you step back. In Nigeria, NBET hasn’t paid its bills in 13 years. No accountability. The sector kept running...
Energy, Economy
NERC just found companies plugged into Nigeria’s national grid that it couldn’t properly see. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission issued Order NERC/2026/013 on March 9, giving all privately owned transmission substations connected to the...
Governance
Lassa fever kills 99 Nigerians in eight weeks. The peak months were always on the calendar. Nigeria knows when Lassa fever comes. November to April, every year, the same geography. Five states — Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo, and Benue — account for 84 percent of...
Economy, Energy
Tinubu’s answer to ₦1,000 petrol arrives in two to three weeks. The crisis is already here. Petrol crossed ₦1,000 per litre. Transport fares moved the same week. One Abuja commercial driver raised his fare from ₦400 to ₦700 in a single week just to...
Diaspora
The UK changed its deportation rules last week. Nigerians in Britain need to read them. On March 5, the UK Home Office published new changes to its Immigration Rules — HC 1691, effective March 22. Ten days from today. The change is one paragraph. The consequences...
Diaspora
Dublin marched for a Nigerian family. The Irish state removed them anyway. In February, hundreds of people marched through Dublin to stop the deportation of a Nigerian family. A mother and her children, arrived in Ireland in 2023 from South Africa. Asylum...