Punocracy

… where sa-tyres never go flat

From Our AlliesPolitics

The ant colony—or political parables about a certain country

The worker ants are those government workers commuting between anthills of metal and glass, wearing threadbare suits and those fancy puppy leashes they call ties. They weightlift crumbs of the national cake bigger than their own financial size to pay homage to the colonial masters before ultimately falling apart, appendage by appendage, to be sustained only by the trickle of nutrients we call pension.

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From Our Allies

Naira’s journey through birthday wish lists and lace wigs

The indomie generation can no longer afford indomie. The millennials reminisce about when the naira used to be ₦130 against the dollar in 2004. A UK-used iPhone XR is ₦310k, ₦140k more than its price in 2021. Nigerian Twitter is cheering the Naira on to fight back as if this is another AFCON match against Cameroon, and economic analysts are backtracking from their favourable predictions of the Mayday policy.

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