A pot of jollof now costs ₦30k. Subsidy removal was the right call, but letting tomatoes rot at the farm gate? That’s the real recipe for disaster. bit.ly/49gv0W3

"Melt the Nigerians down, and use the material to fill potholes." This was the racist threat at Nigerians from a Reform UK councillor, and no Nigerian MP or the Nigerian Embassy have said a word about this death threat. @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I discuss this... open.spotify.com/episode/4Ovg...

Ahead of Thursday's elections, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I surveyed 123 African heritage voters across #Britain. In this episode, we walk through the data: the scale of Labour's collapse, Green's surge, and what it will take for any party to earn the African vote. open.spotify.com/episode/0wCh...

On this episode of the Black Paper, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I talk about Keir Starmer's problems, and end with shocking political advice on next month's council elections open.spotify.com/episode/1p4c...

In some countries that I know, this father would be labelled as a "member of the opposition"...

We consistently fail to impose costs on those who act against our group interests. E.g, the chap contesting on Reform UK's platform, if per chance he wins, some Nigerians will fête him though his party will hurt us. @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I discuss. open.spotify.com/episode/7kCa...

Teslim Balogun Stadium. Today. Dear #Nigeria, we have a problem.

Who remembers when #Nigeria had a target of 4Mbpd?

For the most part, Nigerians are talkers, not doers. Probably includes me. This explains why, anywhere we gather, we discuss our politics to the minutest detail, oftimes in annoyingly loud voices, but end up never taking real action about the quality of our politicians.

When the BBC broadcast "Welcome to Lagos" back in 2010, a lot of our middle class and elite were upset that the Beeb went to Olusosun. It says a lot about us that 16 years later, we still haven't managed to remove Olusosun. We're all about appearances, not substance.

What should officials be rewarded for? New landmarks, or quieter improvements people feel every day? chxta.medium.com/skewed-incen... In Nigeria, we have conflated the act of pouring concrete for the art of governing.

My old man has developed bad eating habits. So when he asked the help to bring his cake and Coke, I order her to return them, then explain to him that my siblings and I are worried about him. Man eyes me and says, "Fattie like you is telling me what to eat?" I feel assaulted.

"Happy Good Friday, Sir. Your girls are loyal." "What is so happy about Good Friday?" "It's a celebration, Sir." "How is it a celebration when they killed Jesus Christ today?" "But it is a celebration because our Lord redeemed our sins." "Ah!" "Oya, bring your offering, Sir."

On #Iran, #America, #Israel and grand strategy, new doors have opened, and I’m scared of the monsters behind them

My (former) friend, @elnathanjohn.bsky.social, has been conducting a battle over a trend where people brand the sweat of writers as AI-written. In this piece, I take his side completely. chxta.medium.com/the-battle-f...

Has Angela Rayner taken the first step towards a leadership challenge? @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I discuss what it means for our community... open.spotify.com/episode/7olk...

"If you want to know what they are saying in the Middle East, listen to what they say in Arabic and Hebrew, not what they say in English." - Juan Cole. x.com/i/status/203...

How soon before the Iranians come out and say that Trump is lying?

A big problem with public discourse today is that too many people are unable to look at the evidence and move away from their initial positions when the evidence shows they are wrong. This is a global problem, as too many with that mindset have made it to the top of politics.

In the latest episode of #TheBlackPaper, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I talk about Reform UK's tactics, the role of voter sentiment in elections, Tinubu's state visit to the UK, and the hypocrisy of geopolitical interests. open.spotify.com/episode/79HN...

🎶🎶I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, To watch the match, Between Nigeria and Angola, Emeka Amadi, the goalkeeper He passed to Philip Osondu It is a goal for Nigeria. Henry Nwosu! Henry Nwosu!! Henry Nwosu!!! He put the ball inside the net! 🎶🎶 RIP Henry Nwosu.

It's the same thing that did Daniel Bwala that is doing the ambassadorial appointments.

In a slight deviation from our usual format, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I take a break from politics to talk about, well, politics. Starting with Daniel Bwala... open.spotify.com/episode/0LwZ...

In September last year, I did a small tour of West Africa. A part of it was by road. As in Nigeria, the quality of roads in a region is related to the perceived legitimacy of the state in the eyes of its inhabitants. My analysis for the Ideas Letter: bit.ly/3PpnEIw

Fuel price in my area moved from ₦865 to ₦960 this week. And it's because of the #IranWar. Listen to this podcast to understand why...

In this episode of #TheBlackPaper, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I explore the complex geopolitical landscape in which the #IranWar is being fought, and discuss the implications for Africans at home and in the UK. We also discuss AI ethics. open.spotify.com/episode/1PDN...

Tucker Carlson IS really good at what he does.

The use of the English language in #Nigeria is rather interesting. The Sun Nigeria described a hot war as "tensions". Meanwhile, y'all should read @sbmintelligence.bsky.social's analysis on the "tensions" in the Middle East. Pretty good stuff if I say so myself... bit.ly/4snq5ty

3 strikes. 3 moments when diplomacy died. Hassan Nasrallah. The Hamas meeting in Doha. Ayatollah Khamenei. Each time, the world chose silence over engagement. Now the Middle East speaks only in missiles. chxta.medium.com/from-beirut-...

On #TheBlackPaper this week, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I sit down with @baggyshanker.bsky.social, MP for Derby South, to explore what it means for politicians to be genuinely accessible, and the pressures facing minority communities. open.spotify.com/episode/5VDw...

Until we get to a point where I can take my wife and daughter to an NPFL game without fearing that some tout would do something stupid, football in #Nigeria wouldn't be economically viable. If football in Nigeria isn't viable, we'll keep crying at major tournies.

#Breaking: Prince Andrew arrested over #EpsteinFiles. Note that no one has been arrested in #America. Give it to the British establishment: at an institutional level, they know how to keep their people at least satisfied. Perhaps that's why they survived the revolutions.

Is Britain being colonised? Or is that language part of something much bigger? @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I discuss... open.spotify.com/episode/08ou...

What a week! Murder. Migration. Political mayhem. On the latest episode of #TheBlackPaper, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I take a look at gender-based violence, visa diplomacy, and Morgan McSweeney’s resignation - and what they all mean for our community. open.spotify.com/episode/4yWF...

Mass shooting in #Canada. 9 dead. PM cancels the scheduled trip to #Germany to stay home and monitor the situation. In #Nigeria, at least 2,500 people have been killed since DJT designated us CPC. Our President hasn't cancelled anything, nor visited anyone. God rest the dead.

Ndị IPOB came after me plenty when this report was published. Now that their King has admitted they were involved in wrecking the Southeast's economy by "ordering" an end to the sit-at-home (bit.ly/4trvZev), will they stop to reflect? Like all good Nigerians, NO!

A snakebite in Abuja. A loss in Lagos. A crash near Sagamu. These tragedies in #Nigeria aren't disconnected. They are a diagnostic map of a health system in predictable collapse. My latest for @theguardian.com explains the data in this lethal lottery. bit.ly/4kkg2T3

The reaction to PayPal's attempt to get into #Nigeria shows that, as a people, our ability (or lack thereof) to hold a grudge has a cost.

Politics lesson 101: if you want the top job, don’t announce it too early. That’s one of the arguments @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I unpack on the latest episode of #TheBlackPaper alongside Suella Braverman’s defection and the battle for #Sudan. open.spotify.com/episode/2GeW...

In the most chaotic episode of The Black Paper ever, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I talked about visas, political defections, and AI in the police… All in one episode. And yes, Ndukwe's knowledge of football is incredibly limited. open.spotify.com/episode/1j5z...

Still on Daddy Trump's speech and the fallout, the truth is what #Canada's PM said the day before Daddy spoke is something that #Africa has known for a while. The world is an unfair place and might has always remained right. My big issue is that Africa is still sleeping and isn't ready to wake up.

Just finished listening to Daddy Trump's Davos 2026 speech for the second time. That speech is a collector's item!

Dear #Senegal. I admit, you have the best jollof! #AFCON2025

The ref fucked this up. #SenMar #AFCON2025

I’m the confused tenant as #Nigeria’s tax gamble meets its first reality check

The internet is shaping our kids. The housing market is failing renters. On this episode of The Black Paper, @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I ask what the state should be doing, and what happens if it doesn’t.

#Nigeria's new "generational reset" in taxes is, in practice, Taxation Without Representation (or the basics such as Electricity). We’re being asked to fund a modernity we’ve never seen, while the state’s most tangible move is inviting #France to mine our data. My thoughts in @theguardian.com

It's like @ndonuoha.bsky.social and I never left. There's so much to talk about, including Daddy Trump... open.spotify.com/episode/6Udn...

I think the online furore over the Osimhen v Lookman thing is overblown. As is typical with Nigerians, we are focusing on form over substance. bit.ly/4qHXIFv

Geopolitics is increasingly critical in making investment decisions. With that in mind, @firstbankplc.bsky.social asked me to join a panel to discuss this new era of asynchronous growth. Meanwhile, enjoy @sbmintelligence.bsky.social's take on the recent global drama. bit.ly/44YCTgB