By: Abudu Olalekan The political chessboard for 2027 is already being set. And the first moves are, well, something else. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made a splash. He joined the African Democratic Congress, the ADC, and then, in an interview with BBC Hausa, he said something that got everyone talking. He said he’d step…
By: Abudu Olalekan There is a small scene worth paying attention to: delegates filing out of an Oyo State hall, handshake here, a nod there, no shouting, no chairs thrown. It happened recently. Governor Seyi Makinde noticed it, and he wrote about it on Thursday evening in a short newsletter. Not a speech, more like…
By: Abudu Olalekan October 1, 2025. Nigeria hits 65. Independence from British chains. Folks worldwide celebrate—parades in Lagos, quiet toasts in diaspora spots. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu takes the stage. Congrats the nation. It’s reflection time, he says. That journey since ’60. Founding fathers snatching self-rule. Their sacrifices. Big dreams. A powerhouse Nigeria. Leading Africa….
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s the little things. The silent deductions that appear on your bank statement. A few naira here, a few hundred there. They call it an account maintenance fee. For millions of Nigerians, it just feels like a slow drip of money from their accounts, for a service that’s supposed to be basic….
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this. You’re a Nigerian guy, kicked out of the US after years building a life there. You land in Ghana, thinking that’s the end of the nightmare. But nope. Ghanaian officials load you up in the dead of night, drive you through some shady back route, and just… dump you in…
By: Abudu Olalekan The clock in Washington ticked down. A digital display on social media showed the final seconds to midnight over the stark image of the Capitol building. It felt like a scene from a movie. But this was real. And then, just like that, it happened. The US government began shutting down. Yeah,…
