By: Abudu Olalekan Here’s the deal. Nigeria’s weather’s about to get seriously messy, and I mean seriously messy. Our weather folks at NiMet, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, just dropped the forecast, and it’s a real mixed bag. Dust haze. Rain. Possible, even likely, floods. And get this: it’s all happening back-to-back, from Monday right through…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s fight against insurgents? It’s getting messier. Despite bullets flying and bombs detonating, over 500 senior military officers—think Major-Generals, Brigadier-Generals, even Rear Admirals—got the boot under Buhari and Tinubu. And it’s not just a number. It’s a pattern. The tradition’s brutal. New service chiefs come in. Boom. Anyone senior to them, or…
By: Abudu Olalekan Just last Friday. The corridors of power buzzed. President Bola Tinubu suddenly relieved his top military brass. Service chiefs, everywhere. Folks thought: “Coup?” Many whispered it. But here’s the scoop—no coup. Not even close. It all started with a brief statement from Tope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant on Media. He said,…
By: Abudu Olalekan So. You wanna talk about a legend? A real one. Not just some flash-in-the-pan star. But a woman who changed the game. Forever. Her name? Alhaja Salawa Abeni. The Waka Queen. Yeah. That’s her. And if you don’t know, now you know. Born May 5, 1961, in Epe, Lagos. But her roots?…
By: Abudu Olalekan It was a quiet afternoon in Otuoke. Too quiet, maybe. But then, boom. Here comes High Chief Government Ekpemupolo. Tompolo. The ex-militant leader. A guy who hasn’t poked his head out in public for, like, a decade. Yeah. That long. And he’s rolling up to Goodluck Jonathan’s doorstep. October 16. With his…
By: Abudu Olalekan “Make the 2027 elections transparent and free from violence,” Tinubu said, his voice steady. Because, let’s be real, credible polls? They’re the bedrock of public trust. The glue holding our democracy together. Without that, everything crumbles. The oath-taking was quick but packed with meaning. At 1:50 pm sharp, in the Council Chamber,…
