1. THE AMBUSH

Suspected Lakurawa fighters fed a false tip-off to security forces in Kebbi's Shanga LGA on Tuesday night, ambushed the soldiers who responded, and killed 13, while the Nigerian Army issued no statement.

2. YOUR DEPORTATION JUST GOT EASIER 

Nigeria agreed at Windsor to accept UK-issued letters as valid identity documents for its citizens, removing the travel document bottleneck that had slowed deportation proceedings for years.

3. TOGO PAYS. YOU DON'T. 

Nigeria continued exporting 75 megawatt-hours of electricity to Togo under contract while Band A customers received three to six hours daily, because Togo paid its bills and Nigerian customers didn't.

4. RIGHTS WITHOUT REACH 

El-Rufai's lawyers filed a formal petition to the NJC accusing the presiding judge of gross bias before Tuesday's arraignment, a constitutional mechanism available to every Nigerian in pre-charge detention, and affordable to almost none.

5. ₦83. THREE DAYS. 

The naira-dollar parallel market gap widened from ₦73 to ₦83 in three days, as the official rate moved to ₦1,382 while the parallel market reached ₦1,465.

6. YOUR SCHOLARSHIP WINDOW IS OPEN 

The NDDC opened its 2026/2027 foreign scholarship portal on March 23 for students from nine Niger Delta states, with a deadline that typically closes before most eligible applicants find out.