ARRESTED WITHOUT PAPERWORK
El-Rufai landed from Cairo yesterday. DSS operatives walked straight up to him in the arrivals hall. They had no warrant. No invitation letter. They seized his aide's passport anyway.
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THE WIPEOUT
Yesterday, Fubara fired every commissioner and special adviser in Rivers State. Effective immediately. This is the third time Tinubu has personally brokered peace in Rivers. Each time, Fubara pays the price.
YOUR POWER IS OFF
Seplat shut its gas plant Thursday for routine maintenance. Seven power stations depend on that supply. Nigeria holds Africa's largest gas reserves. There was no real backup plan.
₦874 BILLION, ONE ELECTION
INEC presented its 2027 election budget to the National Assembly yesterday. The number: ₦873.78 billion. That's nearly three times what 2023 cost — from a commission that still can't promise real-time results.
WHEN AMERICA TAKES SIDES
Trump designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern. Then came the Sokoto airstrikes. Now Congress wants sanctions on named Nigerians. This week, the machinery behind those headlines started affecting visas, military aid, and how Nigerian passports are read at US borders.
WHEN REGULATORS FLY COVER
Three aircraft incidents in 90 days. A crash in Kano. A crash in Owerri. An engine failure over the Lagos-Port Harcourt route. Aviation experts say the pattern isn't bad luck — it's what happens when politicians control the safety regulator.
THE INHERITANCE
Wizkid's 14-year-old son dropped his debut EP this week. His father has been publicly supportive. Afrobeats has conquered global charts for a decade. Now it's passing down through families.
LOVE IN LAGOS, ON SCREEN
Kayode Kasum's Valentine's film opens in cinemas today. A Lagos romance, released for the diaspora as much as for home. In the middle of the roughest news cycle, someone is in a cinema tonight watching a love story. That's Nigeria too.
THE MINING ARGUMENT
US lawmakers introduced a bill linking Chinese mining in Nigeria to terrorism financing. China's embassy fired back today, calling the claims baseless. Your gold, your land, your communities — now a prop in a Washington-Beijing argument you weren't invited to.
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