By: Abudu Olalekan So, the top jobs in the civil service are shifting again. President Tinubu has given the go-ahead to find five new Permanent Secretaries. It’s a big deal, honestly. These are the people who really run things behind the scenes. The Office of the Head of the Civil Service, led by Mrs. Didi…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s 4 p.m. in Ogijo, Ogun State. The sky’s not blue—hasn’t been in months. It’s a murky gray-brown, like someone spilled ash and motor oil in the clouds. A mom yells from her cracked concrete doorway: “Come inside, Jide! Stop digging by the pothole!” That pothole? Filled with slag—crusty, sharp industrial waste…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s 8 p.m. You’re 6 months pregnant. Tired. Swollen ankles throbbing a little. You reach for your nightly retinol serum—your holy grail for those post-acne dark spots that popped up out of nowhere last month. Stop. Wait a second. That bottle? The one you’ve used for a year without thinking? It could…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s a powerful image, isn’t it? The sight of your own fans heading for the exits. Long before the final whistle. That’s what stuck with Wayne Rooney. And you just know it cut him deep. He’s a club legend, a record goalscorer, the man they called Wazza. But right now, he’s just…
By: Abudu Olalekan Friday morning in Abuja. Another government meeting, you might think. But this one was different. The APC Climate Change Network basically told their own party: enough talk, show us the action. And they weren’t being polite about it. Dr. Greg Odogwu, the network’s national coordinator, stood up at what they called their…
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this: It’s a bustling Thursday in Abuja, September 11, 2025. The air’s buzzing with excitement at the Green Skills bootcamp. Theme? “Spark the Green Economy: Robovolt Brand Reveal and AI-Driven Micro Grid Skills.” Stakeholders from Nigeria’s energy world are there, rallying the troops—especially the young ones—to supercharge the country’s shift to…
