THE REFINERY WAS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE THIS 

Dangote's refinery raised its petrol price nine times since January, tracking Brent crude past $100 as the Iran war pushed domestic pump prices up 82% in ten weeks.

THE SON COMES HOME 

Yusuf Buhari declared for a House of Representatives seat in Katsina under the APC, with the state governor endorsing him as his anointed candidate weeks before party primaries opened.

FOUR OFFICERS, ONE STATION, ONE NIGHT 

ISWAP attacked the Nganzai Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno on April 4 using RPGs, killed four officers, and hit an IDP camp at Damasak in a simultaneous assault.

YOU WILL STILL SEND DOLLARS. YOUR FAMILY WILL NOW GET NAIRA. 

A CBN directive effective May 1 required all international money transfer operators to route remittance payouts through naira settlement accounts, ending decades of dollar payments to recipients in Nigeria.

N699 to N1,275. NINE WEEKS. 

Petrol opened 2026 at N699 per litre and reached N1,275 by April 8, with every Dangote price adjustment tracking Brent crude movements from the Iran war.

THE WORLD BANK COUNTED NIGERIA'S CHILDREN 

The World Bank found 40% of Nigerian children under five were stunted and 110 per thousand died before age five, while GDP grew at 4% and reserves hit $50 billion.