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Daily coverage of Nigerian politics, including elections, governance decisions, and major policy developments.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Oct 14, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 14 October 2026

The APC adds Wike, Soludo and Adeleke to Tinubu’s campaign council, the US lists Nigeria on child soldiers, and Dangote reports a $4.73 billion profit.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 12 October 2026

Oct 12, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 12 October 2026

INEC’s final list drops two PDP candidates, Abuja petrol prices climb despite a discount, and UK universities pull offers to Nigerian students.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 2 October 2026

Oct 2, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 2 October 2026

Tinubu declares an "age of prosperity" in his Independence Day address, rights groups say reforms must reach ordinary lives, and 554 terrorists were killed in Q3 security operations.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Sep 30, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Tinubu returns after a four-week vacation, the National Assembly extends the 2025 budget deadline for a fourth time, and Dangote defies a Kenyan court order.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Sep 29, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Makinde challenges Tinubu to disclose the army-expansion budget line, the CBN probes banks over forex withdrawals, and Nigeria's reserves cross $54.86bn.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 28 September 2026

Sep 28, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 28 September 2026

The Supreme Court tightens the rules for 2027 primaries, public debt reaches NGN166.79trn, and resident doctors give the government two weeks.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 25 September 2026

Sep 25, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 25 September 2026

Senate President Godswill Akpabio defends Tinubu's extended stay abroad, saying there is no vacancy in Aso Rock, even as a House group formally calls on the National Assembly to determine whether Shettima should assume presidential functions now that Section 145's 21-day window has lapsed.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026

Sep 24, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026

Tinubu's working vacation runs past the 21-day window Section 145 allows before a written handover to the Vice President is required, as Niger State opens its own inquiry into the miners' deaths, Plateau's curfew fails to stop fresh attacks, and Nigeria goes on alert over the DRC's Ebola outbreak.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 17 September 2026

Sep 17, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 17 September 2026

Nigeria's National Assembly sends a State Police Bill to all 36 states, even as Lagos students, Taraba health officials and Katsina/Kebbi security forces fight their own battles — and the country pauses to mourn Nollywood legend Olu Jacobs.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 14 September 2026

Sep 14, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 14 September 2026

Nigeria pushes BRICS for a bigger global say, even as deadly park politics in Osun and a climbing diphtheria toll show how much work remains at home.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Sep 9, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Tinubu says Nigeria's reforms are entering a new phase as reserves cross $54 billion, even as Peter Obi's convoy is blocked in Benue for the second time and a PDP candidate drops his own legal fight under pressure.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 4 September 2026

Sep 4, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 4 September 2026

The Presidency defends Tinubu's record in a decades-old US case, a fake council's mastermind is denied bail, and Rivers finally has a budget.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 3 September 2026

Sep 3, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 3 September 2026

A House probe clears the President's chief of staff and unravels a forged government agency, while diphtheria spreads to a fourth state and Uber quietly exits Nigeria.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Sep 2, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 2 September 2026

A governor's exit collides with a fraud summons, security forces bring 21 Nigerians home from Kogi, and Washington quietly steps back from the counterterror fight.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Sep 1, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Nigeria's opposition holds its first formal 2027 summit — but Atiku, Obi and Makinde don't show. Presidential travel costs hit NGN37.6bn. GDP grows 4.43%, its fastest in five years.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 31 August 2026

Aug 31, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 31 August 2026

Tinubu's legal team asks a US court to seal decades-old drug trafficking records as he departs for three weeks without naming an Acting President, while Moody's delivers genuinely good economic news.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 24 August 2026

Aug 24, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 24 August 2026

Historic floods expose Abuja's broken master plan, a fake federal office fights to stay real, and Tinubu's 2027 campaign machine draws fire before it even starts.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 20 August 2026

Aug 20, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 20 August 2026

Tinubu orders a 90-day threat assessment and 5-year defence plan, as NDLEA busts a ₦39bn cocaine cartel fronted by a luxury influencer and Wike vows to demolish "big men's" Abuja properties.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Aug 19, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Presidential candidates sign a peace accord with no real enforcement, while Akwa Ibom's own legislature sits locked for nine months and a cracked Kaduna dam threatens three states.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 17 August 2026

Aug 17, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 17 August 2026

Osun's election ends peacefully and INEC's numbers hold up, even as Abuja's debt load nearly quadruples and climate shocks now displace more Katsina residents than bandits do.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 13 August 2026

Aug 13, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 13 August 2026

Police centralize Osun election security by locking out Amotekun and vigilantes, while the NDPC, CBN, and Deep Offshore terms all tighten the rules on who gets to operate where

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 7 August 2026

Aug 7, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 7 August 2026

Tinubu orders the EFCC to stand down on Osun's account nine days before the election — and what that says about how close Nigeria's institutions sit to political power

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Aug 4, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 4 August 2026

A state police bill heads to Tinubu's desk, a Nigerian bank crosses NGN6 trillion, and a new $20,000 bond makes US travel harder.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 31 July 2026

Jul 31, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 31 July 2026

Tinubu dissolves a legacy federal property committee and tells governors to stop building flyovers, even as Wike asks for NGN400bn on a stalled tower and NiHSA warns 27 states face flood risk.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 27 July 2026

Jul 27, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 27 July 2026

INEC locks in the 2027 voter roll, a shoot-on-sight order collides with its own contradiction, and the naira just keeps climbing.