By: Abudu Olalekan Whoa. Hold up. Wilfred Ndidi—just got the call. Vice captain. Besiktas FC. Turkey’s black eagles. Friday bombshell. Club board drops the news. Statement hits like thunder. Ndidi? Deputy to new skipper Orkun Kökçü. Turkish international phenom. They replace legends Necip Uysal and Mert Günok. Era shift. “With our President Serdal Island’s decision……
By: Abudu Olalekan Drama in Abuja’s Federal High Court. The Peoples Democratic Party just pulled the rug from under its own top lawyer. Boom. Dropped. National Working Committee says Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN—their National Legal Adviser—is out. Why? Alleged compromise. This, smack in the middle of a fierce legal battle to block the PDP’s big national…
By: Abudu Olalekan Washington D.C., October 15, 2025 – The air in the IMF/World Bank meeting hall was thick with talk of numbers. Debt. Growth. But Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite had something else on her mind: the planet. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Finance stood at the podium, 14th Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action….
By: Abudu Olalekan Lagos, Nigeria – The air in the NACOMYO office crackled with urgency. Alhaji Sani Suleiman, the group’s president, leaned forward as he read the latest headlines. “Christian genocide in Nigeria,” the articles blared. His brow furrowed. “This has to stop,” he thought. On Thursday, the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO)…
By: Abudu Olalekan On Thursday, whispers started spreading. Some names on the presidential pardon list—approved by the Council of State and presented by Attorney-General Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN)—might get the boot. The news comes as people across the country are up in arms. The list includes some high-profile names—people convicted of violent crimes. And that’s…
By: Abudu Olalekan Katsina Governor Dikko Radda says no. No negotiations with bandits. Not happening. Never did. And he’s tired of the headlines. “I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again,” he told a crowd in Katsina, fresh off the passing-out parade of 100 new C-Watch officers. “We are not negotiating with bandits. But we…
