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…
By: Abudu Olalekan Now hear this: Femi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo talks straight. The PDP man running for governor doesn’t sugarcoat his views. Power stays in PDP hands by 2027, he insists. That message? Shouted far and wide across Oyo land. Ajadi showed up Tuesday, stepping into the Park Management System’s base at New Garage in Ibadan….
By: Abudu Olalekan Tuesday morning in Abuja carried a heaviness beyond humidity – more like tension, thick in the air. Officials sat packed together, uneasy, focused on an issue larger than the sputtering AC vibrating near the wall. Cooling vaccines or simply surviving work hours involves more than turning dials. This ties back to gaps…
By: Abudu Olalekan Fog lifts slow over the runway. Boots hit tarmac at Bauchi Airfield. Silence breaks fast – metal shrieks as engines blast through dawn air. One aircraft rolls to a stop. A hundred figures move out. Hands empty. Shoulders heavy with packs. Screens tucked under arms likely. New flights carve paths where few…
By: Abudu Olalekan Flickering ceiling lamps. Monday deep into Tuesday now. Plastic seats sticking to skin at EFCC base in Abuja. Ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai planted there – back straight, eyes flat. Not fighting. Simply worn down. Interrogation dragged through hours. About four hundred thirty two billion naira. The figure hangs like smoke. Too big to…
By: Abudu Olalekan UN Boss Guterres: Time to End Western Sahara’s Colonial Ghost Story Monday morning, UN chamber. Hushed. António Guterres steps up, not in stiff diplomat mode, but like he’s gotta tell us something real. He hits the mic: “This organisation was created as a place where nations can meet as equals, not as…
