GOVERNANCE
THE CABAL AND THE NAIRA
Tinubu says powerful interests want him dead over his economic reforms. The CBN’s own numbers show the reforms are working. So why isn’t anyone celebrating? At a book launch in Lagos on Wednesday, Olusegun Osoba stood up and delivered a message from the President….
THE PARTY THAT CAN’T AGREE ON A DATE
Labour Party’s 2027 primaries just got rescheduled. The reason matters less than what it reveals about where the opposition actually stands. Labour Party has moved all its 2027 primary elections to 30 May 2026. Presidential, governorship, legislative, all of it, one…
SEPTEMBER DEADLINE
A court has declared political parties must submit their full membership registers by September 2026. This changes the 2027 race in ways most Nigerians haven’t been told yet. A Federal High Court has given political parties until September 2026 to submit their…
WEEKEND BRIEF
Three things from this week worth carrying into the weekend. 1. The S&P upgrade and the bread bill Nigeria got its first sovereign credit rating upgrade in 14 years last week, when S&P revised its outlook. The market reads that as stability returning. It’s a…
THE BAIL THAT DIDN’T WORK
Monday morning: court grants El-Rufai N100 million bail. Monday afternoon: DSS takes him back. He has been in detention for 91 days. The charges stem from a television interview El-Rufai gave in February. He said he learned about plans to arrest him from a tapped…
THE WASHINGTON PLAY
Atiku Abubakar spent $1.2 million to put Washington on notice about 2027. The firm he hired is briefing Trump officials. The audience that matters is in Nigeria. Von Batten-Montague-York filed the contract with the US Department of Justice in March. The mandate:…
THE QUESTION
Nigeria has missed its OPEC oil production quota for nine straight months. The budget was written for different numbers. Nobody is rewriting the budget. Thursday is for the question the week made urgent. This week gave me one I can’t put down. Nigeria’s 2026 budget…
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