By: Abudu Olalekan The naira opened this week the same way it closed last week. Slipping. By the close of trading on Monday, June 29, 2026, the Nigerian currency was exchanging hands at N1,383.63 per US dollar at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official foreign exchange window. When the session wrapped up, it had drifted…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Federal Government just greenlit one of the biggest shake-ups the National Youth Service Corps has seen in its entire 53-year run. And honestly, it’s about time. The orientation programme? It used to be three weeks. Now it’s getting doubled to six weeks, but that’s not even the interesting part. The government…
By: Abudu Olalekan Top ISWAP commanders and 76 foot soldiers—some with their families—have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Nigeria’s North-East. It’s a big development. The kind the military says didn’t happen by chance. The update was shared Sunday night by Captain Muhammad Goni, Acting Military Information Officer at the Headquarters Joint Task…
By: Abudu Olalekan UN Climate Change and its partners used the June Climate Meetings (SB64) to land a pretty clear message: if the world wants the Paris Agreement to move from promises to progress, it can’t be done in silos. Not even close. Partnerships are the real engine behind getting climate technologies built, funded, shared,…
By: Abudu Olalekan The naira opened this week the same way it closed last week. Slipping. By the close of trading on Monday, June 29, 2026, the Nigerian currency was exchanging hands at N1,383.63 per US dollar at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official foreign exchange window. When the session wrapped up, it had drifted…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Federal Government just greenlit one of the biggest shake-ups the National Youth Service Corps has seen in its entire 53-year run. And honestly, it’s about time. The orientation programme? It used to be three weeks. Now it’s getting doubled to six weeks, but that’s not even the interesting part. The government…
By: Abudu Olalekan Top ISWAP commanders and 76 foot soldiers—some with their families—have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Nigeria’s North-East. It’s a big development. The kind the military says didn’t happen by chance. The update was shared Sunday night by Captain Muhammad Goni, Acting Military Information Officer at the Headquarters Joint Task…
By: Abudu Olalekan UN Climate Change and its partners used the June Climate Meetings (SB64) to land a pretty clear message: if the world wants the Paris Agreement to move from promises to progress, it can’t be done in silos. Not even close. Partnerships are the real engine behind getting climate technologies built, funded, shared,…
By: Abudu Olalekan A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has defended the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, following the backlash over her recent advice urging Nigerians to embrace small-scale businesses to cope with the tough economy. Besides her official duties, she urged people – women in particular – to try small-scale…
By: Abudu Olalekan A choice that seemed straightforward at first glance actually carried hidden layers. Though the African Democratic Congress now lines up behind Rotimi Amaechi beside Atiku Abubakar, those close to the process whisper otherwise. Behind closed doors, debates stretched longer than outsiders might guess. What appears settled on paper stirred quiet tensions earlier….
