Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Every promise here comes with a wait. The terms are set elsewhere, and the consequences fall on the people who have to wait. A shop in Osogbo sells 50kg bags of rice at ₦27,000, about half the ₦51,000 to ₦55,000 dealers are quoted nationally. Customers pay in advance and are told to come back in seven days. On 28 September more than 200 of them reportedly find the shop locked. Osun police say they became aware of the scheme only when officers reached the shop. They say they have received no formal complaint, although a flier for the scheme had circulated for about a fortnight.
The same wait runs through the rest of the day. Public servants give the Federal Government until 30 September to answer a demand for ₦500 petrol. They threaten a three-day strike from 2 October, while the refinery gate price sits at a reported ₦1,325. In London, the Home Secretary says a large group who arrived in 2022 would qualify for settlement in February 2027 under the current five-year rule. The government has yet to say which rules will apply. Femi Falana takes his account of detentions in the 1980s and 1990s to the ECOWAS Court and seeks $10 million in damages. The court has yet to determine any of it.
At Old Trafford, a free prayer conference led by Pastor Jerry Eze draws thousands, and people who miss registration reportedly go to TikTok for spare tickets.
Here's what it means. The date belongs to whoever sets it. In Osogbo it was seven days, and it ended at a locked door. In Abuja the union set one, and it falls on 30 September. In London the rules are still open, and the people counting toward February do not yet know which ones apply.
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