By: Abudu Olalekan Fresh off a break, the National Assembly has returned early. Without any heads-up, it was announced Sunday. Session resumes immediately. Politicians are hurrying toward Abuja from everywhere. Something urgent must be unfolding. Rumors say the 2027 presidential vote might shift. It sounds like just talk – yet somehow it doesn’t. The air…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nasir El-Rufai doesn’t do subtle. Never has, never will. So when he started hearing whispers—those specific kind of Abuja whispers that come with documents and dates—about a mysterious package coming into Nigeria, he didn’t just gossip about it at some political salon. No. He put pen to paper. Actually, fingers to keyboard…
By: Abudu Olalekan Funny how moments come. This one feels sharp to Antonio Guterres. Things aren’t sitting right with the UN’s top official when he looks at the Security Council. Missing Africa from the permanent lineup strikes him as plainly unjust. He sees no good reason for it to stay that way. Furious words spilled…
By: Abudu Olalekan A strange shift has begun in the air above Northern Nigeria. Flying giants made their way here. Think at least three U.S. military planes arriving on scene. One after another, they settled during the shift from Thursday into Friday. Truth stands clear here. No whisper, just fact.Bullets filled the aircraft. A massive…
By: Abudu Olalekan Fear hangs heavy in Kaiama these days. It feels like you could cut through it with a knife.Out of nowhere, a video surfaced online – no happy ending here. This footage, spreading fast on Facebook since Saturday, captures the moment people were grabbed from Woro and Nuku during the violent outbreak in…
By: Abudu Olalekan Big shakeup in Rivers State. Governor Siminalayi Fubara just dissolved his entire cabinet. Poof. All commissioners and special advisers are out. Just like that. He also fired his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi. No reasons given. None. But he did name a replacement right away—Mr. Onwuka Nzeshi. Nzeshi signed the government announcement…
