THE OPEN DOOR AND THE REMOVAL ORDER

Canada announced new pathways this week. It’s also deporting 974 Nigerians. Canada’s immigration system can hold two things at once, and it wants you to see only one of them. This week, IRCC announced new Express Entry categories for...

RESULTS ARE FINALISED BY HUMANS

Tinubu signed the Electoral Act. He kept the clause that lets humans change them. Tinubu signed the Electoral Act 2026 on Wednesday, the same day el-Rufai was being passed between agencies and the day before FCT council elections. The act replaces the 2022 version and...

37 PEOPLE DIED AT WORK

Carbon monoxide filled a Plateau mine. The system that allowed it is still running. Thirty-seven miners suffocated in Wase LGA on Tuesday. The Plateau State government confirmed the deaths, cited carbon monoxide, and said the site was shut down pending investigation....

THE SAME DAY

Lent and Ramadan started together for the first time in decades Yesterday, February 18, was both Ash Wednesday and the first day of Ramadan. The last time that happened was 1991. Nigeria is roughly split between both traditions. Millions of Christians began 40 days of...

JAPA’S BACK DOOR

Canada is deporting Nigerians at a pace not seen in a decade, and most aren’t criminals Canada deported 366 Nigerians in the first ten months of 2025. Another 974 are currently in the “removal in progress” queue. Nigeria is now the only African...

THE STOLEN CLAUSE

Legislators passed the bill. Your vote’s integrity didn’t survive it. The National Assembly held an emergency session on the first day of Ramadan. They used it to pass an Electoral Act that civil society groups had spent weeks protesting, that police...