THE COLLAPSE

Nigeria’s opposition didn’t lose an election this week. It lost a party. Aminu Tambuwal resigned from the PDP on Wednesday. The man who led the party, ran for president on its platform, and was its most senior northern voice. Gone. The same...

RESULTS ARE FINALISED BY HUMANS

Nigeria’s new election law makes rigging optional — and legal Here’s what Tinubu signed into law on February 18, less than 24 hours after the National Assembly passed it. Section 60(3) of the Electoral Act 2026 now gives presiding officers the power...

APPROVED DOESN’T MEAN PAID

UNILAG is shut today. Lecturers got the raise. The allowances never arrived. This morning, UNILAG’s gates closed. ASUU’s UNILAG chapter announced an indefinite strike effective today, March 11, after the university management paid what the union is...

YOUR PETROL IS A WAR TAX

A refinery Nigeria built can’t protect you from a war Nigeria didn’t start Before 28 February 2026, a litre of petrol from Dangote’s refinery cost ₦799. By yesterday it was ₦1,175. Four price hikes in nine days. And PETROAN is now warning...

YOUR BUS FARE IS A WAR SURCHARGE

The Strait of Hormuz is 4,000km away. Your commute got more expensive this morning anyway Transporters announced new fares yesterday, hours after pump prices crossed ₦1,000 per litre at stations nationwide. The mechanism is simple and brutal: petrol goes up, transport...

THE RETURN

The government declared Ngoshe safe, paid 3,000 refugees to come home. Boko Haram just took 300 of them as slaves. Nigerian security works like this. The state announces a clearance operation. Then announces resettlement. Then announces a committee to investigate what...