{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Kairos Reports — Kairos Explains", "home_page_url": "https://kairosreports.com", "feed_url": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/feed.json", "description": "The world, explained. Scripted and graphics-led, every claim on screen with its source.", "language": "en", "authors": [ { "name": "Kairos Reports", "url": "https://kairosreports.com" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/china-has-nominated-song-li-to-run-the-who-here-is-how-the-job-is-decided", "url": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/china-has-nominated-song-li-to-run-the-who-here-is-how-the-job-is-decided", "title": "China has nominated Song Li to run the WHO. Here is how the job is actually decided", "summary": "Beijing confirmed its candidate on Thursday. The race is decided by 34 Executive Board members in January and a secret ballot of every member state in May 2027. The incumbent is the first African to hold the post. Here is the process, the dates, and what is public.", "date_published": "2026-10-08T14:00:00.000Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-08T14:00:00.000Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Kairos Reports" } ], "tags": [ "Kairos Explains", "who", "china", "geneva", "tedros", "global-health", "africa-cdc" ], "image": "https://kairosreports.com/brand/og-explains.png", "_kairos": { "show": "explains", "series": "Explains", "track": "t3", "breaking": false, "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/china-has-nominated-health-official-song-li-who-head-2026-10-08/", "source_document_id": null, "sources": [ { "outlet": "Reuters", "title": "China has nominated health official Song Li as WHO head", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/china-has-nominated-health-official-song-li-who-head-2026-10-08/", "date": "2026-10-08", "locator": "Liz Lee, Beijing; Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning" }, { "outlet": "World Health Organization", "title": "Election of the WHO Director-General", "url": "https://www.who.int/about/governance/election-of-the-who-director-general", "locator": "Timetable: Executive Board 160th session; Eightieth World Health Assembly, May 2027" }, { "outlet": "World Health Organization", "title": "Election of the next WHO Director-General: frequently asked questions", "url": "https://www.who.int/about/governance/election-of-the-who-director-general/frequently-asked-questions", "locator": "Secret ballot; term begins 16 August 2027; suspended voting rights" }, { "outlet": "World Health Organization", "title": "WHO Director-General: Biography", "url": "https://www.who.int/director-general/biography", "locator": "First person from the WHO African Region to head the agency; elected May 2017; re-elected 24 May 2022" }, { "outlet": "Health Policy Watch", "title": "As WHO Nominations For Next Director-General Close, Six Candidates Declared", "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/who-nominations-close-six-candidates/", "locator": "34-member Executive Board; six publicly declared candidates" }, { "outlet": "Health Policy Watch", "title": "WHO Executive Board Adopts Process For Election Of Next Director-General", "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/who-executive-board-adopts-process-for-election-of-next-director-general/", "locator": "Invitation issued 24 April; nominations due 24 September" } ], "names_individual": true, "public_interest": "Song Li and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are named only in their official capacities as a nominated candidate and the serving director-general of a UN agency whose decisions bind Nigeria and 193 other member states. No conduct is alleged.", "video_url": null, "source_line": "Reuters · 2026-10-08 · Liz Lee, Beijing; Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning" } }, { "id": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/brent-at-100-nigeria-budgeted-64-85-the-barrels-matter-more-than-the-price", "url": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/brent-at-100-nigeria-budgeted-64-85-the-barrels-matter-more-than-the-price", "title": "Brent is at $100. Nigeria budgeted $64.85. Why the barrels matter more than the price", "summary": "Oil settled above $100 on Wednesday as Hormuz traffic fell to a two-month low. Nigeria's 2026 budget assumed $64.85 and 1.84 million barrels a day. The price is beating the plan by a third; production is missing it by a tenth. Here is the arithmetic, every number sourced.", "date_published": "2026-10-08T13:00:00.000Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-08T13:00:00.000Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Kairos Reports" } ], "tags": [ "Kairos Explains", "oil", "budget", "hormuz", "nuprc", "brent", "iran-war" ], "image": "https://kairosreports.com/brand/og-explains.png", "_kairos": { "show": "explains", "series": "Explains", "track": "t3", "breaking": false, "source_url": "https://wealthinsights.metrobank.com.ph/news/update-8-oil-prices-settle-down-as-iea-agrees-to-accelerate-oil-stock-release", "source_document_id": null, "sources": [ { "outlet": "Reuters", "title": "Oil prices settle down as IEA agrees to accelerate oil stock release", "url": "https://wealthinsights.metrobank.com.ph/news/update-8-oil-prices-settle-down-as-iea-agrees-to-accelerate-oil-stock-release", "date": "2026-10-07", "locator": "Georgina McCartney, Houston; Brent settlement $100.20; IEA release of about 100 million barrels", "note": "Reuters wire as syndicated by Metrobank Wealth Insights; reuters.com carries the same story." }, { "outlet": "Reuters", "title": "Hormuz transits at lowest in over two months after attacks, data shows", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/hormuz-transits-lowest-over-two-months-after-attacks-data-shows-2026-10-08/", "date": "2026-10-08", "locator": "Florence Tan, Singapore; Kpler and LSEG transit counts" }, { "outlet": "Reuters", "title": "Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/attacks-tankers-hormuz-hit-highest-any-week-since-start-iran-war-sources-say-2026-10-07/", "date": "2026-10-07", "locator": "Jonathan Saul, London; at least 12 attacks in the week of 28 September to 5 October" }, { "outlet": "THISDAY", "title": "Despite Beating OPEC Quota, Nigeria Misses H1 Budget Oil Target by 38.4m Barrels", "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/04/despite-beating-opec-quota-nigeria-misses-h1-budget-oil-target-by-38-4m-barrels/", "date": "2026-08-04", "locator": "Emmanuel Addeh, Abuja; analysis of NUPRC monthly data, January to June 2026" }, { "outlet": "Channels Television", "title": "Nigeria's Oil Production Climbs 0.4% In August, Meets OPEC Quota", "url": "https://www.channelstv.com/2026/09/13/nigerias-oil-production-climbs-0-4-in-august-meets-opec-quota/", "date": "2026-09-13", "locator": "NUPRC statement by Eniola Akinkuotu; August 2026 production figures" } ], "names_individual": false, "public_interest": null, "video_url": null, "source_line": "Reuters · 2026-10-07 · Georgina McCartney, Houston; Brent settlement $100.20; IEA release of about 100 million barrels" } }, { "id": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/what-an-ecowas-court-judgment-can-actually-do", "url": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/what-an-ecowas-court-judgment-can-actually-do", "title": "The ECOWAS Court ordered Nigeria to fix its cybercrime law. What can that Court actually make a government do?", "summary": "Its judgments are binding on paper, and only 22 per cent of them have been enforced. How the regional court's orders are supposed to reach a member state, where the chain breaks, and why Nigeria's section 24 amendment took four years.", "date_published": "2026-10-08T07:00:00.000Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-08T07:00:00.000Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Kairos Reports" } ], "tags": [ "Kairos Explains", "ecowas", "courts", "press-freedom" ], "image": "https://kairosreports.com/brand/og-explains.png", "_kairos": { "show": "explains", "series": "Explains", "track": "t3", "breaking": false, "source_url": "https://courtecowas.org/pending-cases-and-decisions/compliance/", "source_document_id": null, "sources": [ { "outlet": "ECOWAS Community Court of Justice", "title": "Compliance with the Court's decisions", "url": "https://courtecowas.org/pending-cases-and-decisions/compliance/", "date": "2025-06", "locator": "Report of the inaugural meeting of Competent National Authorities, Lagos, 23–24 June 2025: Articles 15(4), 24(2), 24(4)" }, { "outlet": "The Guardian (Nigeria)", "title": "Concerns over 22% enforcement of ECOWAS Court judgments", "url": "https://guardian.ng/news/concerns-over-22-enforcement-of-ecowas-court-judgments/", "date": "2025-06-24", "locator": "Justice Gonçalves' opening address; 10 of 12 member states have appointed national authorities" }, { "outlet": "Kairos Reports, The Files", "title": "Section 24, before and after", "url": "https://kairosreports.com/the-files/section-24-the-text-before-and-after", "date": "2026-10-06", "locator": "ECOWAS judgment of 10 July 2020, ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/20; amendment signed 28 February 2024" } ], "names_individual": true, "public_interest": "The ECOWAS Court is the only court outside Nigeria that Nigerian citizens can petition directly against their own government. Readers need to know what its judgments can and cannot do. The individuals named are the Court's President, its Chief Registrar and Nigeria's Attorney-General, quoted from public statements made in their official capacities.", "video_url": null, "source_line": "ECOWAS Community Court of Justice · 2025-06 · Report of the inaugural meeting of Competent National Authorities, Lagos, 23–24 June 2025: Articles 15(4), 24(2), 24(4)" } }, { "id": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/nigeria-data-law-exempts-journalism-not-your-newsletter", "url": "https://kairosreports.com/explains/nigeria-data-law-exempts-journalism-not-your-newsletter", "title": "Nigeria's data law exempts journalism. It does not exempt your newsletter.", "summary": "The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 carves out publication in the public interest. The carve-out stops at the newsroom door: mailing lists, analytics and billing are ordinary processing, and the Act reaches publishers outside Nigeria.", "date_published": "2026-10-06T06:30:00.000Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-06T06:30:00.000Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Kairos Reports" } ], "tags": [ "Kairos Explains", "ndpa", "data-protection", "media-law" ], "image": "https://kairosreports.com/brand/og-explains.png", "_kairos": { "show": "explains", "series": "Explains", "track": "t3", "breaking": false, "source_url": "https://cert.gov.ng/ngcert/resources/Nigeria_Data_Protection_Act_2023.pdf", "source_document_id": null, "sources": [ { "outlet": "Federal Republic of Nigeria", "title": "Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (official text, hosted by ngCERT)", "url": "https://cert.gov.ng/ngcert/resources/Nigeria_Data_Protection_Act_2023.pdf", "date": "2023-06-12", "locator": "s.2 (application), s.3 (exemptions), s.24–25, s.32, s.40, s.48 (penalties)" }, { "outlet": "Future of Privacy Forum", "title": "Nigeria's New Data Protection Act, Explained", "url": "https://fpf.org/blog/nigerias-new-data-protection-act-explained/", "date": "2023-06-28", "locator": "Sections 3, 4, 9 of the explainer", "note": "Secondary source used for section numbering and the penalty tiers; the Act text is the primary." } ], "names_individual": false, "public_interest": null, "video_url": null, "source_line": "Federal Republic of Nigeria · 2023-06-12 · s.2 (application), s.3 (exemptions), s.24–25, s.32, s.40, s.48 (penalties)" } } ] }