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

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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.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 24 July 2026

Jul 24, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 24 July 2026

The House passes a constitutional amendment letting states run their own police forces, over a walkout by the minority caucus.

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 23 July 2026

Jul 23, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Thursday, 23 July 2026

Fubara ends his feud with Wike, backing Tinubu's Rainbow Coalition for 2027 and closing one of Nigeria's longest political crises.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Jul 22, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 22 July 2026

The Foreign Ministry flagged the phantom council in October. ONSA confirmed it in November. Nobody acted until the House summoned Ribadu this week.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Jul 21, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 21 July 2026

A dormant CBN account, a Chief of Staff before the ICPC, and a House probe into a council the Presidency once denied existed.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 17 July 2026

Jul 17, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 17 July 2026

The US House votes to withhold all aid to Nigeria over security failures, Tinubu unveils a $3.05bn poverty package, and Cardoso says FX reserves have jumped to $40bn.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Jul 15, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Tinubu swaps in his own state police bill, Dangote prices fuel purely in dollars, and the Senate sounds the alarm on ₦34trillion in duty waivers.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Jul 14, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 14 July 2026

FG backs down on the WAEC/NECO fee hike, the ADC's INEC fight deepens into a forgery claim, and a fresh kidnapping hits Oyo days after the schoolchildren's rescue.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 10 July 2026

Jul 10, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 10 July 2026

Washington publishes a deportation list, Abuja stacks new money and muscle into security, and NHRC's numbers say the funding isn't catching up yet.

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Jul 8, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Tinubu builds the machinery for state police, NIN crosses 136 million, and a court reins in a NGN60bn fine against Facebook Nigeria.

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Jul 6, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 6 July 2026

The IMF says NGN8.8trillion in government spending went unrecorded. Atiku, Obi and CUPP want answers, the Senate defends state police, and Washington puts a price on 2027.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 29 June 2026

Jun 29, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 29 June 2026

Tinubu locks in one national digital identity, security wins at Katsina, and the NGX correction deepens

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Jun 24, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 24 June 2026

The Presidency dismisses calls for Tinubu's resignation, Tinubu sends the state police bill to the Senate, and gunmen kill 21 in a Plateau attack.

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 22 June 2026

Jun 22, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Monday, 22 June 2026

Oyebanji becomes the first governor in Ekiti's history to be re-elected back-to-back, the NCC and CAC tighten telecom ownership rules, and the CBN deepens its payments clean-up.

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 19 June 2026

Jun 19, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Friday, 19 June 2026

The House Minority Caucus tells Tinubu to fix insecurity or step aside, state governors renew their push for state police, and Tems and Njideka Akunyili Crosby shine at the Obama Presidential Center opening.

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Jun 17, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Wednesday, 17 June 2026

An Appeal Court suspends the ADC deregistration order just one day after it was issued, the IMF warns on stablecoins, and Dangote cuts petrol prices as oil falls below $80.

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Jun 16, 2026

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The Nigeria Brief — Tuesday, 16 June 2026

A court orders INEC to deregister ADC and four other parties, hitting Atiku's 2027 platform on the same day his running mate is announced.