By: Abudu Olalekan India’s war on drugs just got real. And the numbers? Brutal. Last year, 660 foreign nationals were arrested for drug trafficking. Out of these, a staggering 106 were Nigerians. That’s right—Nigerians made up the second-highest group after Nepalese (203 arrests). The data, straight from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), also showed Myanmarese…
By: Abudu Olalekan Night-time TV, harsh studio lights, one blunt guest. That was Thursday. Nyesom Wike, now lord of Abuja’s boulevards, faced the Politics Today cameras and—without clearing his throat—fired a broadside at folks begging ex-president Goodluck Jonathan to run again in 2027. “They’re stoking trouble,” he snapped. No fancy euphemism. Just trouble. He knows…
By: Abudu Olalekan Thursday dawn felt like carnival. Brass bands, red-clad women, ex-council bosses in over-ironed agbadas. Everyone pointed toward one gate – Government House, Port Harcourt. Six months of emergency rule had finally lapsed at midnight, President Tinubu said so himself. So, Siminalayi Fubara, the reinstated governor, ought to stride back in at sunrise,…
By: Abudu Olalekan The rain came in sheets. Streets turned to rivers. In Bali, 45-year-old fisherman Wayan stood ankle-deep in murky water, staring at his flooded home. “Last year, the water rose to my knees. This time? It took my boat,” he said. “What’s next?” The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has an answer: more….
By: Abudu Olalekan The water is poison. Fish are dead. Children play near pipelines that leak toxic sludge. In the village of Bodo, Mary Ekpe remembers when the rivers teemed with life. Now, her nets come up empty. Her grandchildren have never seen a healthy fish from the waters their ancestors fished. “We drink this…
By: Abudu Olalekan Brussels. Thursday. Ministers are sweating — and not just from the late summer heat. They’re fighting over numbers. Big ones. The kind that could define Europe’s climate future. An internal note, seen by Reportersroom, lays it bare: EU nations are split. Deeply. On 2035 emissions targets — the next big step under…
