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GovernanceNigeria's ninth Diaspora Investment Summit opens with a focus on the trust gap. FridayPosts examines currency risk, project disclosure, fraud, c…
GovernanceINEC has removed 1,608,660 invalid registrations and 873 verified deceased voters while identifying 54 personnel for investigation. FridayPosts…
GovernanceA three-day strike has shut Osun public schools and government offices over withheld local government allocations. FridayPosts examines the fina…
GovernanceA Federal High Court has set aside the processes that produced the ADC leadership and Atiku Abubakar's 2027 nomination. FridayPosts examines the…
GovernanceGunmen killed a government-backed security volunteer and 10 relatives in Zamfara and abducted 13 others. FridayPosts examines retaliation risk,…
GovernanceLASBCA says around 360 Lagos buildings have been classified as distressed. FridayPosts explains warning signs, integrity testing, official notic…
GovernanceNLC has rejected responsibility for the ₦40,000 federal salary adjustment and wants fresh minimum-wage talks. FridayPosts explains the differenc…
GovernanceINEC says about 1.5 million voter registrations contain irregularities. FridayPosts examines how the records should be cleaned without wrongly d…
GovernancePresident Tinubu has replaced an earlier external borrowing proposal with a $7.7bn request. FridayPosts examines whether Nigeria's financing nee…
GovernanceA World Bank paper shows Nigeria's $430m digital identity project is behind schedule, with about $196m undisbursed and NIN issuance 59m below ta…
GovernancePolice have arrested a suspect after an attack on Peter Obi's convoy in Calabar. FridayPosts examines campaign-security responsibilities, politi…
GovernanceAmnesty International says at least 40 people were killed in Binnari, Taraba State. FridayPosts examines response times, intelligence, local pol…
GovernanceTinubu has launched his 2027 re-election campaign. FridayPosts scores Nigeria's growth, inflation, purchasing power, fuel costs, investment, job…
GovernanceNMDPRA and NNPCL reported sharply different petrol-import volumes for 2022 and 2023. FridayPosts explains what could cause the gap and what the…
GovernanceINEC displayed Nigeria's preliminary voters' register physically but did not publish it online within the period required by Section 19 of the E…
GovernanceSuspects have been charged over the abduction of 20 prospective corps members. The deeper question is how NYSC, security agencies, states and tr…
GovernanceTeargas disrupted a 2026 #EndSARS memorial at Lekki. Six years after the protests, FridayPosts examines police regulations, compensation, compla…
GovernanceNigeria wants major state-linked enterprises such as NNPC and NLNG on the stock market. We explain listing versus privatisation, retail ownershi…
GovernanceNigeria’s state-owned refineries have absorbed years of rehabilitation spending without reliable output. We examine the case for privatisation,…
GovernanceLabour wants fresh wage action as food, transport, energy and housing costs erode incomes. The real issue is how much purchasing power Nigerian…
GovernanceNigeria plans roughly ₦5.75tn in Q4 2026 FGN bond offers. The figure is gross issuance, not automatically net new debt. Here is how to judge aff…
GovernanceINEC says nine of 14 election milestones are complete, the voter register is above 103 million and 57,000 new BVAS devices have been acquired. F…
GovernanceNNPC’s accounts contain huge energy-security and Federation receivable balances, but they should not all be described as pipeline-security spend…
GovernanceGuinea-Bissau beat Nigeria 3-0 in an AFCON 2027 qualifier. The result hurts, but the deeper question is why a country with exceptional football…
GovernanceNigeria has extended implementation of the 2025 capital budget to the end of 2026. Here is why capital budgets are extended, why two fiscal year…
GovernancePatients in some Lagos public hospitals are waiting hours for care as doctors resign and workloads rise. We examine the workforce gap, financing…
GovernanceNigeria wants 112 to become a universal toll-free emergency number. This explainer examines the emergency communication centres, dispatch chain,…
GovernanceNigeria’s football governance debate has drawn FIFA and CAF attention. Instead of focusing only on personalities, this explainer sets out the in…
GovernanceNigeria’s federal, state and local governments shared ₦2.338 trillion at the September 2026 FAAC meeting. What does that number mean, where does…
GovernanceNigeria plans a National Youth Confab in October 2026 with delegates from all 360 federal constituencies. The institutional test is whether the…
GovernanceThirty-seven people arrested over alleged illegal mining died while in NSCDC custody in Niger State. Officials initially referred to a possible…
GovernanceNigeria has made progress on digital identity, but identity alone does not tell an ambulance, delivery rider, bank or government agency where a…