By: Abudu Olalekan The sun was already high when we rolled into Gwadoddi village. Dust swirled around the motorcycle tyres. An old man sat on a cracked mud bench under a neem shade, fanning himself with a torn prayer booklet. Malam Gwadoddi Shehu is 89, maybe more. He doesn’t count birthdays anymore. He just remembers…
By: Abudu Olalekan Anyigba, Kogi East. Saturday night.A police wireless message just landed like a bomb in every station from Dekina to Egume. “LARGE NUMBER OF BANDITS HAVE MIGRATED INTO FORESTS AROUND BASSA AND ANYIGBA/OCHAJA AXIS… DRESSED IN MILITARY UNIFORMS… HEAVILY ARMED WITH AK-47… MAIN TARGETS: OCHAJA BOYS/GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PRINCE ABUBAKAR AUDU UNIVERSITY ANYIGBA,…
By: Abudu Olalekan They left home with backpacks. Not knowing. Not even imagining. Now, days later, 327 children are still missing in Kebbi and Niger states, and nobody can really say where they are or what comes next. Parents wait by dead phones. Teachers stare at empty desks. The fear is thick. And it’s spreading….
By: Abudu Olalekan Belém, November 22, 2025. The gavel fell. COP30 was over. Everyone clapped politely, then the real talk started outside the plenary hall. And it wasn’t pretty. Another climate summit, another stack of shiny new words. But when you flip through the final text looking for the bit that says “we’re actually going…
By: Abudu Olalekan Exclusive: Finance Ministry invites 50 Nigerian senators and reps for Trump-era US policy training, as terror attacks rise. Critics call it a misstep in crisis times. It started with a quiet memo. Slipped into the halls of power. From the Ministry of Finance. Dated November 17, 2025. Fancy reference: FMF/HMS/CORRS/01/VOL.1/112. Addressed straight…
By: Abudu Olalekan UNICEF reveals 47% of Nigerian kids below poverty line, facing hunger, no school, and more. Report launched in Abuja highlights progress but urges action for the future. Picture this. A little girl in a dusty village, maybe in the North-East, staring at an empty bowl. She’s seven. Should be in school, learning…
