By: Abudu Olalekan Meta Description: Petrol price in Nigeria surges towards N1,000 per litre, with marketers accusing depots of price gouging. Discover the supply glitches at Dangote Refinery fueling this crisis and what it means for everyday Nigerians. (148 characters)Focus Keyword: Petrol Price Nigeria Picture this: You’re cruising down a Lagos street, dashboard light blinking…
By: Abudu Olalekan Well, here we go again. The familiar, dreaded script is playing out. Classrooms are empty. Lecture halls, silent. As of today, Monday, the 13th of October, 2025, Nigeria’s public universities are officially on hold. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has made good on its threat. They’ve commenced a two-week warning…
By: Abudu Olalekan So, a sliver of light. Finally. After weeks of the most brutal noise, a quiet so fragile you’re almost afraid to breathe on it. The guns in Gaza have fallen silent, for now. And this morning, that silence was broken by the most precious sound of all: the first footsteps of people…
By: Abudu Olalekan Flashback. 2015. Mahmood Yakubu steps in as INEC chair. Buhari appoints him. Senate nods. Decade unfolds. Tech revolution. BIVAS. Voter enrolment devices. Results portal. Polling units expand. Inclusivity push. Women. Youth. PWDs. IDPs. Milestones. But now? Book drops. “Election Management in Nigeria: 2015–2025.” INEC publishes it. 200 pages. Yakubu’s foreword hits hard….
By: Abudu Olalekan ASUU members protest Imagine it. Monday dawn. Campuses silent. No bustling hostels. No frantic note-taking. Just empty lecture halls. ASUU’s doing it again. Two-week warning strike. Bam. Starts tomorrow. Ultimatum? Expired last night. Federal Government? Crickets. Zero public word. Branches primed. Mobilization underway. University of Jos? Check. Ahmadu Bello Uni? Yep. Uni…
By: Abudu Olalekan Bala Mohammed speaks in Abuja Abuja’s humid air thick with politics. Saturday rolls around, PDP’s Convention Communication Sub-committee just got sworn in. Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed steps up to the mic. He’s the PDP Governors’ Forum chair, you know. And bam—he drops it. “I’m more than concerned” about governors and bigwigs jumping…
