In Nigeria’s already fragile information environment, numbers have enormous power. When a public official declares that ₦210 trillion has gone missing, the figure is large enough to shock citizens, dominate headlines and inflame public anger. That is precisely why such claims must be handled with care and responsibility. Unfortunately, Senator Ahmed Wadada’s allegation of ₦210 […] Kingsley Ade Adegbite: N210tn mirage – How Wadada’s claim on NNPCL collapsed under simple arithmetic