By: Abudu Olalekan So, picture this. Lagos. A room full of suits, but the air’s buzzing with something different. Not just the usual market talk. It’s January 2025, and at the Nigerian Exchange Group’s CEO Roundtable, they’re flipping the script. Money meets the planet. And the goal? To unlock a flood of cash—we’re talking billions—for…
By: Abudu Olalekan He is free. Finally. Oluwatobi Aide, the youth leader from the Makoko waterfront, walked out of detention on Wednesday evening. The clock read 7:03 PM. It had been three days. Three days of uncertainty. Three days of fear. His release didn’t happen by accident. It took a storm. A storm of public…
By: Abudu Olalekan January 15 arrived again, quiet and heavy. Across the country, people stopped for a moment. Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar was among them. From his verified X account on Thursday, he shared a short, heartfelt message. No long speeches. Just straight words of respect. “Today, my family and…
By: Abudu Olalekan It was a quiet week in Songdo, South Korea, but the conversations happening inside the Green Climate Fund’s headquarters carried the weight of the world’s future. From December 16 to 19, 2025, a vital meeting took place. This wasn’t just another bureaucratic gathering. It was the seventh meeting of the Indigenous Peoples…
By: Abudu Olalekan Tinubu government pays Republican lobbyist $9 million to appease Trump administration amid threats of further US military strikes on Nigeria. Man, things must be tight in Abuja. Real tight. Reports are flying around that President Bola Tinubu’s government has inked a deal. A massive deal. We’re talking $9 million. Yes, nine million…
By: Abudu Olalekan Trump middle finger incident caught on camera at Michigan auto plant as president responds to heckler during Ford factory visit. So, here’s the scene. Michigan. Tuesday. Donald Trump, the former (and maybe future?) President, is touring a Ford F-150 factory in Detroit. He’s up high, overlooking the assembly line, looking rather bundled…
