THE WAITING

Wednesday 01 April, 2026 El-Rufai’s bail hearing is today. What Nigeria is watching for goes beyond the verdict. This morning, a Federal High Court in Kaduna is scheduled to rule on the bail application of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai. He has been in ICPC...

THE BILL NO ONE EXPLAINED TO THE PATIENT

Nigeria’s health system is already broken. The government’s response is a law reorganising who has power inside it. Nigeria’s federal teaching hospitals have spent months running at skeletal capacity. Earlier this year, the JOHESU strike left...

THE COALITION IS REAL. THE VOTER ISN’T IN IT.

Kwankwaso just joined the ADC. The opposition is building. The person who didn’t vote last time still hasn’t been asked why. On Monday, Rabiu Kwankwaso formally resigned from the NNPP and joined the African Democratic Congress at a ceremony in Kano. The...

8,453 DELEGATES

The APC is electing Nigeria’s political leadership today. You weren’t invited. The roads around the Federal Secretariat in Abuja are closed today. Civil servants were told to work from home. Eagle Square is hosting the APC’s 8th National...

THE CHAMPION

Oluwadamilola Adeolu, 14, from Ekiti, just beat thirty-plus African countries. Next stop: China. On March 20, in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14-year-old Oluwadamilola Adeolu of St. Lawrence Metropolitan College, Ado-Ekiti, won the Junior Category of the 2026 African...

TOGO PAYS. YOU DON’T.

Nigeria is exporting electricity to Togo while Band A customers get six hours. The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed. The power crisis has had many framings this week. Gas debt. Sixteen plants offline. Adelabu’s 14-day promise....