Governance
CBN can’t account for N3 trillion — N629 billion went to people nobody can name. SERAP has taken the Central Bank of Nigeria to the Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding answers for N3 trillion in public funds the Auditor-General says cannot be...
Security
100 US troops landed in Bauchi. Nigeria asked for them — but not freely. The first 100 of an expected 200 US military personnel have arrived at Bauchi airfield. Their mandate is training, intelligence sharing, and technical support for Nigerian forces...
Economy
Food inflation hit a 10-year low. The structural problems that caused it are still there. Nigeria’s food inflation fell to 8.89% in January 2026, the first single-digit reading since 2015, down from 29.63% this time last year. Staples including yam, eggs,...
Diaspora
UK universities are being sued over COVID teaching. If you were there between 2019 and 2022, your deadline is September 2026. Following UCL’s out-of-court settlement with 6,000 students over COVID-era teaching, the same legal group has sent pre-action...
Security
100 US troops expand mission while Nigerian villages keep dying at dawn Reuters reported yesterday that 100 US troops arrived in Nigeria to expand counter-insurgency operations. Not a temporary deployment. An expansion. Here’s what that word means in plain...
Security
Niger State villages massacred while security forces arrive late or not at all At least 30 people were killed in coordinated dawn attacks on multiple villages in Niger State over the weekend. Armed bandits torched homes. Shot fleeing residents. Nigerian security...