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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…
THE NAME
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya just became the first woman ever elected president of the Nigerian Bar Association. The election tried to break down around her while it was happening. The Nigerian Bar Association has existed since 1960. In that time, exactly one woman…
THE RATE THAT WON’T MOVE
The Central Bank decides today whether borrowing gets any easier. Nearly everyone expects the answer to be no, right as fuel gets more expensive in dollar terms. Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee wraps up its two day meeting today with a decision on interest…
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…
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…
THE QUEUE THAT SHOULDN’T EXIST
Marketers have stopped loading fuel at Dangote Refinery over a dollar pricing dispute. Four days later, pump prices are already moving and nobody in government has said a word. Oyewole Akanni has four truckloads of petrol sitting at the Dangote Refinery gate in Lekki….
TWO GOLDS FROM NAIROBI
Nobody was watching this tournament. Nigeria won it anyway. Team Nigeria came home from the 2026 NFL Flag Africa Continental Championship in Nairobi with two titles. The women’s senior team beat Egypt 27 to 18 in the final. The under 13 co-ed team went unbeaten…
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