By: Abudu Olalekan Will the rain come this year? And if it comes, will it be enough? For many Nigerian farmers, that is not a climate conference question. It is real life. The same goes for the parent wondering if a flooded road will stop their children from getting to school, or the worker struggling…
By: Abudu Olalekan President Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress leaders will be in Kaduna on Saturday. Campaign flag-off. Re-election bid. And the message is simple: the North matters. Why? The numbers. The North has 56.01 million of Nigeria’s 103.43 million registered voters. That’s 54.2 per cent. More than half. In a presidential election, that…
By: Abudu Olalekan President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has a question. A big one. Why are all our medical professionals moving overseas? He asked it on Thursday at the State House in Abuja. He had just received an Honorary Fellowship from the West African College of Physicians, WACP. The award came with a serious conversation about…
By: Abudu Olalekan The numbers coming out of the National Emergency Management Agency are not easy reading. Flooding in Nigeria has now killed 245 people and forced more than 214,000 others out of their homes, and the agency itself is warning that the hard part may still be ahead. According to NEMA’s flood dashboard, 673,350…
By: Abudu Olalekan Will the rain come this year? And if it comes, will it be enough? For many Nigerian farmers, that is not a climate conference question. It is real life. The same goes for the parent wondering if a flooded road will stop their children from getting to school, or the worker struggling…
By: Abudu Olalekan President Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress leaders will be in Kaduna on Saturday. Campaign flag-off. Re-election bid. And the message is simple: the North matters. Why? The numbers. The North has 56.01 million of Nigeria’s 103.43 million registered voters. That’s 54.2 per cent. More than half. In a presidential election, that…
By: Abudu Olalekan President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has a question. A big one. Why are all our medical professionals moving overseas? He asked it on Thursday at the State House in Abuja. He had just received an Honorary Fellowship from the West African College of Physicians, WACP. The award came with a serious conversation about…
By: Abudu Olalekan The numbers coming out of the National Emergency Management Agency are not easy reading. Flooding in Nigeria has now killed 245 people and forced more than 214,000 others out of their homes, and the agency itself is warning that the hard part may still be ahead. According to NEMA’s flood dashboard, 673,350…
By: Abudu Olalekan Rome — Picture a harvest that fails twice in five years. Then picture the family that was just about getting by. That is the story behind a hard number from the Food and Agriculture Organisation. On Monday, October 12, 2026, FAO said climate extremes could push more than 132 million people into…
By: Abudu Olalekan Three hundred and fifty pairs of boots. That’s what Taiwo Awoniyi just handed out to young players in the Kwara Kiddies League. And honestly, for a lot of these kids, it’s more than just footwear — it’s a signal that somebody actually sees them. The Super Eagles striker, through his foundation, made…
