1,000 Abducted Nigerians: Families Beg as Kidnappers Go Silent – The Pain of Not Knowing

By: Abudu Olalekan It’s worse than a ransom demand.At least when the phone rings, you know they’re still breathing. Across Kwara, Borno, Niger, Southern Kaduna and Zamfara, more than a thousand people – mostly women, kids, pregnant mothers – are simply… gone. No calls. No proof-of-life videos. No negotiations. Just silence that’s louder than gunfire….

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Crypto entrepreneur Blord granted bail in Abuja court, ordered to surrender passport

By: Abudu Olalekan There’s a major development in Abuja. The Federal High Court has granted bail to Linus Williams Ifejirika, better known as Blord, after days of tension and uncertainty around his detention. Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore confirmed the news on Friday. He said the court approved bail on self-recognizance….

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Nigeria Infrastructure: How the Country Plans to Spend $2.3 Trillion to Fix Its Massive Gap

By: Abudu Olalekan Washington, DC – Let’s be real, Nigeria’s infrastructure problem is huge. Like, $2.3 trillion huge. That’s the number Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, the head of Nigeria’s Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), dropped during a chat on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. The meeting happened Thursday, April 16, 2026. Yes you…

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