By: Abudu Olalekan A countdown begins after Washington demands terms within two weeks. Still, voices from Tehran say any pressure will meet firm response. Troops shift position while warnings cross borders. Moves on the ground grow sharper by the hour. Time presses forward. Insistently. A sharp rhythm pulses through the halls of power this week,…
By: Abudu Olalekan A hush hung over the fields when the engines broke it. Folks moved slow under the early sun, boots on dirt, pots clanging inside kitchens. A few carried bags toward open land where cassava grows. Kids sat blinking at wooden tables, mouths half-full. Noise arrived without warning – tires on gravel, rising…
By: Abudu Olalekan Midweek rain painted the roads of Abuja black. Inside Aso Rock, officials gathered once more beneath bright lights. This event, though – different somehow. Like tossing flame onto something already burning. At roughly five in the evening, President Tinubu signed what some call the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment). Paper met ink without…
By: Abudu Olalekan Monday morning. Abuja air thick with generator fumes and stale coffee. Another workshop. Another “strategic plan review.” But this one? Felt different. You could cut the tension with a machete. See, Nigeria’s Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA) – that ragtag crew of activists, researchers, farmers, and pissed-off youth – just wrapped their two-day…
By: Abudu Olalekan That name still rings a bell. Nasir El-Rufai, once ran Kaduna State. Felt like nothing ever stuck to him. Slipped around authority as if it were his backyard. Now here we go – he’s been taken in by officials again. Out of nowhere, really. Right after everyone assumed the EFCC chapter had…
By: Abudu Olalekan A twist unfolded this week in Taraba’s courtroom drama. Property lines blur when belief enters the picture. Tuesday brought a ruling from Upper Area Court 11, tucked inside Jalingo’s judicial sprawl. Weighty moments arrived without warning. A case from the Global Methodist Church of Nigeria vanished – erased by gavel fall. A…
