GOVERNANCE

A bill passes in Abuja. It works its way down through state and local offices until it reaches your paperwork. That’s governance.

WHEN THE STATE ACTUALLY SHOWS UP 

Enugu just brought market traders into its health insurance scheme. For once this week, here’s a piece of government reaching someone before the emergency, not after. The Enugu State Agency for Universal Health Coverage signed an agreement this week with the National…

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TWENTY SEVEN PEOPLE WHO GOT LUCKY 

Troops pulled 27 people out of the hands of kidnappers in Sokoto and Zamfara this week, across three separate operations in two days. It’s a good outcome, and a real one. It also happened after the danger had already started. Troops from Operation FANSAN YAMMA rescued…

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THE MINISTER WHO ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE 

Reports said Nigeria’s defence minister was about to resign. He denied it in the strongest terms possible and promised to sue whoever started the rumour. What he didn’t do was answer the actual question sitting one story above this one. Christopher Musa, a retired…

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THE MEN WHO CAME HOME 

Nigeria arrested seven suspected terrorist commanders the moment they landed from Hajj. Every institution that could explain how they left the country in the first place is either passing the question along or refusing to answer it. The arrivals hall at Umaru Musa…

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THE GOLD FROM SHANGHAI 

Four Nigerian schoolkids went to their first ever Spelling Bee World Cup. They came home with gold. Nigeria has never sent a team to the Spelling Bee World Cup before this year. Not once. The competition has been running internationally for years, and until 2026, no…

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THE MOLE PROBLEM 

A presidential aide admitted terrorists may have people inside Nigeria’s security agencies. The opposition wants to know who, and what happens to them. Daniel Bwala did not plan to make news. He was a guest on a podcast, The Link Up with EchoRoom, fielding a…

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THE ACCOUNT NOBODY USED 

The Central Bank opened two foreign currency accounts for a government agency that was never legally established. They sat there for a year before anyone in government noticed. In July 2025, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation wrote to the Central…

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