The Nigeria Papers™
Track Power. Follow Money. Preserve the Record.
An independent intelligence platform mapping Nigeria's debt, budgets, contracts, presidents, states and political networks — with sources on every claim.
Intelligence · reporting periods shown
Public debt · 30 Jun 2026
₦166.79T
DMO total stock; includes FX valuation
Wage affordability · May 2026
43 / 100
50 = unchanged; limited statutory-wage benchmark
Archive coverage
48
Source records; reviewed and collected labelled
Africa collection
8 projects
Four countries, three sectors; gaps disclosed
Open each record for sources and limitations. Figures describe their stated period.
What this money would have built
The unit costs below are illustrative benchmarks; they are not current tender prices. For deeper scenarios, open the Opportunity Cost Lab.
If that money was spent on the people instead.
Pick a recorded sum — explore illustrative equivalents in schools, hospitals, roads, electricity, and security.
The stories that matter now
World Bank: States raise capital spending 182% as revenues surge
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged $5,000 Fraud in Enugu
EFCC re-arraigns two over alleged £110,000 theft, N500m fraud
Special Report: The hidden trends in Nigeria's H1-26 public debt figures
EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture Of Two Abuja Properties Over 'N777.2m Fraud'
Tinubu Tasks EFCC with Tracking FAAC Funds to States, Local Governments
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Accountability watch
School safety and abductions
Inspect the case file and original sources. Reported counts and outcomes require careful date and location checks.
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Where the digging is deepest
The threads readers pull hardest. Start anywhere — every one is a rabbit hole.
Abandoned megaprojects — amounts, contractors, timelines, all sourced.
Who borrowed, who lent, what it costs every Nigerian.
Countdown, INEC timetable, candidates — every fact sourced.
Every ruler since independence — how they came, what they left.
Your route into the record
Browse the growing archive →Follow the money
Debt, budgets and the evidence behind the figures.
Track public office
Portraits, public records and labelled claims.
Inspect the evidence
Original documents, sources and case files.
Compare delivery
African projects: what is built, operating or still promised.
Preserve our history
From pre-independence records to modern institutions.
Prepare to vote
Official INEC links and a practical voter checklist.
Read the newsroom
Accountability reporting linked to original publishers.
Join the discussion
Questions, corrections and source-led conversations.
Do you know your Nigeria?
1960 to today — politics, money, power. Streaks, scores, bragging rights. Every answer teaches you something they didn't put in the textbooks.
In what year did Nigeria gain independence from Britain?
Where the reports cluster
The numbers below are fictional placeholders showing how this visualization will look. Real crowd-sourced reporting launches soon — nothing here reflects actual corruption levels in any state.
What Nigerians are tracking
Live discussions from the public floor. Join the conversation in the Community.
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Citizen submissions power our cost-of-living index, project tracker and case files. Submissions need review; collected archive records remain explicitly labelled until reviewed.