Hard News
The government called it a technical hitch. It never explains what that means. The federal government confirmed this week that February salaries for treasury-funded workers were delayed due to a “technical hitch.” Payments have now commenced. If you...
Security
The unit built to stop abductions in Imo became the abduction Nigeria didn’t build Tiger Base from nothing. It built it from a real problem. Kidnapping in the Southeast is real. Communities were suffering. The Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Owerri was the...
Energy
Dangote raised its gantry price by ₦101 this morning. Iran is why. You don’t control the Strait of Hormuz. You have nothing to do with what America and Israel decided about Iran last weekend. But before Monday morning was over, Dangote Refinery suspended...
Security
Armed groups in the Northeast recruited boys for frontlines, girls for something worse Picture the figure first. 1,120 children recruited by armed groups in Nigeria’s Northeast in 2024 alone. 525 boys. 595 girls. Across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe. UNICEF...
Security
El-Rufai is invoking rights he spent 16 years denying others. Both things are true. You’ve been watching the El-Rufai story and probably feeling something complicated. That complication is the actual story. Here’s what happened: former Kaduna governor...
Economy
Reserves at a 13-year high. Inflation cooling. Your costs are still rising. Nigeria opened March with the Naira holding at ₦1,359 to the dollar, foreign reserves at a 13-year high of $49.51 billion, and inflation cooling to 15.10% for the tenth consecutive month. The...