Security
Nigeria criminalises ransom payments. Then pays them by helicopter. Then denies it. A helicopter carried the money. It landed at Boko Haram’s stronghold in Borno State. A commander called Ali Ngulde crossed into Cameroon to confirm receipt. Then the first 100...
Governance
Eight days in. No charge. No remand order. A bail application ICPC hasn’t answered. Eight days. No charge. No remand order shown to his lawyers. A bail application filed with the ICPC and left unanswered. El-Rufai’s legal team confirmed this...
Governance
712 billion naira to rebuild Lagos airport. Yesterday the server room caught fire and burned upward. Six people injured. Fourteen air traffic controllers trapped in the control tower, evacuated by crane. British Airways diverted to Abuja. Lufthansa and Emirates...
Diaspora
Green card and citizenship applications from Nigerians are on hold. The ransom story won’t help. You probably know Nigeria is on Trump’s travel ban list. What you may not know is that the consequences go further than entry restrictions. The US has...
Diaspora
UK wages are finally outpacing rent. The damage from two years of the opposite is already done. ONS data released this month shows average UK private rents up 3.5% in the year to January 2026. Average monthly rent: £1,367. Wage growth: 4.2%. So wages are...
Diaspora
AI cut entry-level UK job postings by 32% since 2022. The advice most diaspora parents give hasn’t caught up. Entry-level job vacancies in the UK dropped 32% between November 2022 and June 2025, according to Guardian reporting on Indeed data. A King’s...