By: Abudu Olalekan Flashback. 2015. Mahmood Yakubu steps in as INEC chair. Buhari appoints him. Senate nods. Decade unfolds. Tech revolution. BIVAS. Voter enrolment devices. Results portal. Polling units expand. Inclusivity push. Women. Youth. PWDs. IDPs. Milestones. But now? Book drops. “Election Management in Nigeria: 2015–2025.” INEC publishes it. 200 pages. Yakubu’s foreword hits hard….
By: Abudu Olalekan ASUU members protest Imagine it. Monday dawn. Campuses silent. No bustling hostels. No frantic note-taking. Just empty lecture halls. ASUU’s doing it again. Two-week warning strike. Bam. Starts tomorrow. Ultimatum? Expired last night. Federal Government? Crickets. Zero public word. Branches primed. Mobilization underway. University of Jos? Check. Ahmadu Bello Uni? Yep. Uni…
By: Abudu Olalekan Bala Mohammed speaks in Abuja Abuja’s humid air thick with politics. Saturday rolls around, PDP’s Convention Communication Sub-committee just got sworn in. Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed steps up to the mic. He’s the PDP Governors’ Forum chair, you know. And bam—he drops it. “I’m more than concerned” about governors and bigwigs jumping…
By: Abudu Olalekan Venezuela’s democracy activist Maria Corina Machado just won the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s right – she did. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced this big news on Friday. Machado was picked out for her incredible work promoting democratic rights across Venezuela. She’s been fighting for a just and peaceful transition away from dictatorship….
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this. Dark skies over the North Sea. Jets screaming across the waves. Sirens wailing in the distance. It’s not some Hollywood thriller. Nope. It’s NATO’s big annual nuclear drill, Steadfast Noon, firing up come Monday. Alliance boss Mark Rutte dropped the news Friday. Tensions? Sky-high. Russia’s been poking the bear—er, the…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Super Eagles, Nigeria’s football pride, staring down the barrel of another World Cup snub. Hearts pounding. Fans biting nails. Then, bam! A twist straight out of a blockbuster movie. South Africa gets slapped with a points deduction for playing an ineligible dude. Suddenly, hope flickers back to life. We’re talking Friday,…
