Diaspora
The Iran war that’s hitting your UK energy bill is also threatening what you send home Nigeria received $20.93 billion in diaspora remittances in 2024, up 8.9% from the year before. The CBN was projecting $26 billion by end of 2026. The japa wave that drove...
Economy
Dangote has a monopoly. The government gave it to him. Now nobody can stop the price. This isn’t really a war story. Yes, the Iran-US conflict pushed global crude prices up. Yes, Dangote Refinery hiked its gantry price three times in one week — from ₦774 to...
Governance
El-Rufai has been held for 20 days without charges. He should know exactly how this works. The ICPC is holding former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai without charges. The 14-day remand order that authorised his detention expired on March 5. No charges have been...
Governance
Today the Appeal Court decides whether Nigeria has a functioning opposition going into 2027. Nigeria’s main opposition party has two chairmen, two secretariats, a police-sealed national headquarters, and a crisis so deep that INEC has refused to recognise...
Diaspora
42 legal Nigerian residents were arrested in Mozambique. Only the Nigerians were taken. Spare-parts market in Mozambique. Multiple nationalities trading, as they do every day. Then security forces arrived. They arrested only the Nigerians. Not the traders...
Diaspora
A presidential spokesman went on Al Jazeera. The exchange tells you everything. Nigeria is ranked the fifth deadliest country in the world. Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala appeared on Al Jazeera’s Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan this weekend to represent the...