SGF Project Office: Inside the Dispute Behind ICPC’s ‘Fake Agency’ Claim
By: Abudu Olalekan The SGF project office controversy may have started with an internal disagreement—not the discovery of a secret government agency, as initially presented. Reportersroom gathered that a dispute between George Nwabueze, promoter of the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, and some directors in the Office of the Secretary to the…
Nepal Floods Leave Widespread Destruction as Aid Crisis Grows
By: Abudu Olalekan Nepal floods have left communities shattered across the Himalayan country, with hundreds confirmed dead, thousands still missing and vital infrastructure badly damaged. Rescue teams are searching for more than 2,400 people, while the confirmed death toll has risen above 620. The government has appealed for financial assistance, saying the disaster caused a…
Kuje APC threats: Aide warns residents over 2027 votes
By: Abudu Olalekan Politics in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, is starting to take a worrying turn. And this time, it’s not just campaign talks – it’s threats. It all began after the Kuje Area Council Chairman, Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, went viral in a video telling residents they either support the All Progressives Congress…
WAEC result crisis worsens as official alleges irregularities, glitches
By: Abudu Olalekan The controversy over the 2026 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) WASSCE results for school candidates is only getting worse, after an official of the exam body raised fresh claims of glitches and irregularities. In a video that’s now gone viral, Olanrewaju Fadehan, the Head of Examinations at the WAEC office in Anambra,…
Police probe farmland destruction, land grabbing claims in Ogun
By: Abudu Olalekan Tension has been building in Ajogbo Akia, Ogun State, over claims of farmland destruction, criminal intimidation and suspected land grabbing. For a while now, residents – together with their traditional leadership – have been raising the alarm over the activities of those they believe are land grabbers. And with those concerns gaining…
Trump immigration crackdown: US Army sergeant’s wife deported to Honduras
By: Abudu Olalekan A routine family trip to Walmart ended with immigration agents taking Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo into custody while her six-year-old daughter sat in the car. That was on July 11, outside a store near Fort Bliss, Texas. Villafranca-Trejo has since been deported to Honduras, leaving her husband, Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez,…
