By: Abudu Olalekan He was already packed.Suit pressed. Speech notes folded in the breast pocket. Johannesburg first, then Luanda. G20 glamour, then the AU-EU handshakes. The usual presidential carousel. Then two phone calls came within hours of each other. First, Kwara. Sunday evening. Christ Apostolic Church, Eruku. Gunmen stormed in while people were praying. Shots….
By: Abudu Olalekan COP30 Africa clean energy debate heats up as nations demand flexibility on fossil fuels amid broken climate finance promises. Is this pragmatism or a dangerous trap? The air in Belém is thick, humid, and angry. You can almost touch the tension. African delegates walk the corridors with tight jaws. They’re tired of…
By: Abudu Olalekan President Bola Tinubu departs for South Africa & Angola to attend the G20 and AU-EU summits. Discover the agenda and key discussions. First stop? South Africa. Johannesburg. G20 Summit. Then it’s off to Angola, for the AU–EU summit in Luanda. Yeah, it’s a busy couple of days. According to Bayo Onanuga, the…
By: Abudu Olalekan It feels like we’ve been here before. On Tuesday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, dropped a huge warning. If the Federal Government doesn’t meet its demands by the end of the month, universities across Nigeria will grind to a halt. Again. During a news conference in Kano, ASUU’s Kano zonal…
By: Abudu Olalekan ECCHR files criminal complaint against TotalEnergies for alleged complicity in war crimes, torture, and enforced disappearances in Mozambique. Discover the shocking details. It starts with a massacre. A remote gas site. Civilians in metal containers. And a multinational giant now facing some of the most serious allegations in modern corporate history. On…
By: Abudu Olalekan Let’s talk about this mess. You Belong To The Zoo’ — Fayose just threw shade at Obasanjo like it’s Olympic sport. Yep. That’s the headline. No sugarcoating. The ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, didn’t hold back. He blasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a “thank you” message so spicy it could…
