Five Things: Tinubu's Osun Account U-Turn, Military Pay Rise, and Naira Holds Steady

President Tinubu intervened directly today, ordering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to lift the freeze on Osun State Government bank accounts. The EFCC had frozen the accounts just yesterday over an alleged N11 billion fraud involving Ecology Funds and FAAC allocations, but Tinubu said the timing was "deeply embarrassing" given the August 15 governorship election. The move is being read as a clear signal that the federal...