Security
America’s army arrived where Nigeria’s couldn’t protect its own miners This week, 100 US military trainers landed at Bauchi’s Gombe Airfield. They’re here to help Nigerian forces fight Boko Haram and bandits in the northeast. The...
Governance
El-Rufai’s custody shuffle tells you exactly how political prosecution works Here’s the sequence. El-Rufai returned from Cairo on February 12 and security operatives tried to arrest him at the airport. He talked his way out. Four days later, he...
Energy
Tinubu’s Executive Order finally names what the PIA quietly built President Tinubu signed an Executive Order this week stripping NNPC’s right to retain 30% of oil revenues as a “management fee” before remitting to the Federation Account....
Energy
NNPC wants to triple gas output. The grid can’t carry what it already has. NNPC announced plans to supply 1.8 billion cubic feet of gas per day to the power sector by year-end. Current supply sits around 600 million. The gap between the announcement and...
Diaspora
UK abolishes no-fault evictions in May. There’s a catch for Nigerian renters. The UK’s Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on May 1, 2026. The headline is good: landlords can no longer evict tenants without a legal reason. No more “we...
Diaspora
She flew to the UK for her son’s graduation. She never flew back. A Nigerian mother travelled to the UK to watch her son graduate. She died there. Her family is now raising funds for repatriation. Bringing a body home from the UK runs between £3,000 and £7,000...