Saturday, 18 April 2026
Plateau State relaxed the Jos North curfew to 7pm on April 15, three weeks after 20+ were killed in Angwan Rukuba, while attacks continued in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi.
Nigerian airlines warned of a nationwide flight suspension from April 20 as Jet A1 prices surged 300% to ₦3,300 per litre, with no government response to the four-day-old ultimatum.
The federal government paid ₦418.79 billion subsidising electricity in Q4 2025, covering 52% of the power sector's invoice while the grid averaged below 5,400 megawatts for 250 million people.
The World Bank downgraded Nigeria's 2026 growth forecast to 4.1% while warning poverty would decline only slowly because Middle East fuel prices were keeping living costs high.
Friday's Weekend Brief carried three unresolved signals into the weekend: the April 20 aviation deadline, the ₦418.79 billion electricity subsidy, and the World Bank's two-speed story on inflation and poverty.
Guinness Nigeria declared its first dividend since 2022 after a 48% Q1 profit rise, two years after naira devaluation drove finance costs up 2,501% and pushed the company into loss.
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