THE WHATSAPP GROUP

Nigerians in the Gulf got a WhatsApp link when they needed an evacuation plan When the US-Israel strikes triggered Iranian retaliation across the Gulf, Nigerians in Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia found themselves in active conflict zones. Qatar...

YOUR OIL MONEY HAS A GAP

Governors just confirmed NNPC wasn’t sending everything to states Something interesting happened on Monday. Every governor in Nigeria publicly backed Tinubu’s Executive Order 9, which requires oil and gas revenues to be paid directly into the Federation...

PAYING FOR DARKNESS

Edo residents billed for power they haven’t received in months On Monday in Benin City, protesters gathered at Ring Road carrying banners that read: “We pay for light and they give us darkness.” Governor Monday Okpebholo was passing by. He stopped....

THE ₦1.3 TRILLION PROMISE

Nigeria signed its biggest mining deal ever. Watch the groundbreaking date. The federal government and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $1.3 billion deal on Sunday to build an alumina refinery, launch a national minerals mapping programme, and create an...

YOUR CITIZENSHIP IS REVIEWABLE

Green cards frozen, naturalisations targeted, single-entry visa was just the start If you’re Nigerian in America, the last three months have been a steady escalation. December: Trump’s travel ban expansion placed Nigeria on the restricted list,...

THE JUDGE WHO SAID NO

One ruling is all that stands between Nigeria and becoming a US deportation country A federal judge in Boston ruled last week that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting immigrants to third countries, places they’re not from, is unlawful. This...