By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s top climate experts, journalists, and activists unite in Lagos to battle deadly misinformation—before it’s too late. Here’s what went down. The Media Awareness and Information for All Network—folks just call ’em MAIN—teamed up with UNESCO Abuja to run this workshop. It aint no stuffy seminar where you scribble notes and forget…
By: Abudu Olalekan The whisper went around Abuja’s Wuse II beer parlors late Wednesday. Not loud. Not for strangers’ ears. Just: Wike is slipping. Bad. Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, the man who once moved Rivers politics like he owned every ward, ain’t got the President’s ear no more. Not like he did. Tinubu’s inner circle?…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Bode Saadu/Kaiama road construction site don’t sleep quiet these days. Not really. Not since the attacks started piling up, one after the other, like unraked dry leaves in late harmattan. But December 1 was worse. Worse than most. It was between 11pm and 4am—those hollow hours where even the most alert…
By: Abudu Olalekan Kano felt a little busier than usual that first week of December 2025. December 2, to be exact. People trickled into a downtown conference hall before 9am. Not just government suits. Elders in crisp baban riga, sent by their emirates to weigh in. Youth activists with faded backpacks, scribbling notes before the…
By: Abudu Olalekan First Lady Remi Tinubu celebrates World Disability Day in Sokoto with huge cash grants. See how the N64m was shared to empower special citizens under the RHI scheme. World Disability Day in Sokoto didn’t feel like a routine ceremony this year. It felt a bit different. A bit louder. More hopeful. On…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Nigeria Police High Command has issued a stern warning to officers regarding Nigeria Police VIP escort duties. Wearing mufti is now a punishable offense. It is a common sight on Nigerian roads. A black SUV zooms past, sirens blaring, and inside or in a pickup truck behind, you see men with…
