By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this: it’s early Monday morning in Abuja. The sun’s just peeking over the skyline, but the energy sector’s already grinding to a halt. Locked gates. Stranded workers pacing outside. Security guys waving folks away like it’s a crime scene. Yeah, that’s the scene at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission headquarters….
By: Abudu Olalekan You know how politics in Nigeria can twist and turn like a bad Nollywood plot? Well, picture this: it’s a sunny weekend in Minna, Niger State. The PDP’s state congress is buzzing at the party’s secretariat. Journalists swarm around, notebooks out, mics ready. And there, in the midst of it all, stands…
By: Abudu Olalekan The political temperature in Nigeria is rising. You can feel it. It’s still a ways off from 2027, but the chess pieces, they’re already moving. Everyone’s trying to figure out where the votes are going to land. And in the South-East, a region that became a hotspot of support for a certain…
By: Abudu Olalekan Just a regular day. A regular flight. You get off the plane, maybe you’re a little tired, ready to get home. That’s probably how Julius Abure, the National Chairman for the Labour Party, was feeling. He just landed at Benin Airport, his flight from Abuja finally over. He was probably thinking about…
By: Abudu Olalekan Something big is brewing. A massive showdown. It’s between one of Nigeria’s biggest companies and a powerful union. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN for short, they’ve had enough. And they are not playing games. They have instructed their members, all of them, to just stop working….
By: Abudu Olalekan You know that feeling. You’re on a bus, just trying to get from one place to another. Maybe you’re tired, maybe you’re excited to see family, maybe you’re just staring out the window, watching the world go by. It’s supposed to be a regular trip. A quick journey from Abuja down to…
