By: Abudu Olalekan It was quiet at first. Friday, 3rd October 2025. The Faculty of Social Sciences auditorium. Then the room shifted. Heads up. Pens paused. Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Carol Arinze-Umobi, stood and delivered the line many had prayed for but didn’t expect this soon: UNIZIK is granting amnesty to students who have overstayed. Not…
By: Abudu Olalekan London was set for a warm night. A reunion, really. 2Face Idibia back on stage, back with fans who’ve waited too long. Then it didn’t happen. Not the way it should. The show was suddenly postponed, and the mood turned quick. Confusion first. Then theories. Then the internet did what it always…
By: Abudu Olalekan Ibadan woke up loud. Drums. Chants. Flags everywhere. The Oyo APC Youth League poured into the streets on Saturday for what they called a Loyalty Walk, and it did feel like one—loyalty in motion. By mid-morning, major roads looked like a moving sea of green and white. Not a small crowd. Youths…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s back. The Jonathan question. Will he run or won’t he. In quiet rooms and noisy halls, one name keeps circling the 2027 conversation. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The ground is, loudly. Multiple members of the African Democratic Congress, including folks on its National Working Committee, told Reportersroom they’ve been in touch with…
By: Abudu Olalekan The political chessboard for 2027 is already being set. And the first moves are, well, something else. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made a splash. He joined the African Democratic Congress, the ADC, and then, in an interview with BBC Hausa, he said something that got everyone talking. He said he’d step…
By: Abudu Olalekan There is a small scene worth paying attention to: delegates filing out of an Oyo State hall, handshake here, a nod there, no shouting, no chairs thrown. It happened recently. Governor Seyi Makinde noticed it, and he wrote about it on Thursday evening in a short newsletter. Not a speech, more like…
