By: Abudu Olalekan Vice President Kashim Shettima is set to continue his diplomatic outreach missions to regional and international counterparts. He departs Abuja this Sunday, en route Freetown, Sierra Leone, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West…
By:Abudu Olalekan Imagine getting a major federal appointment from the President himself, only to realize you can’t even get into your new office. That is exactly what’s playing out right now at the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA). It’s been three weeks since President Bola Tinubu announced Dr Abdulrazak Namdas as the new Director-General. But…
By: Abudu Olalekan If there’s one thing keeping Nigeria from truly taking off, it’s the power sector. We all know it. But hearing it broken down by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, just hits different. Speaking at the International Conference Centre in Enugu on Friday, July 17, 2026, Sanusi didn’t mince words. He…
By: Abudu Olalekan Court just dropped the hammer. Final forfeiture of 48 property linked to former Attorney General Abubakar Malami. Gone. Straight to the Federal Government. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered the judgment on Wednesday. She said the EFCC had done enough. Reasonable suspicion was there. The assets looked…
By: Abudu Olalekan Lagos Climate Action Week is coming. And honestly? It’s about time. For decades global climate talks have been run by national governments in endless multilateral rooms. Everyone shows up, makes big promises, then leaves. The gap between what gets said and what actually gets done just keeps growing. Nearly 200 countries, each…
By: Abudu Olalekan Yesterday wasn’t just another meeting. Not for Ward E in Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA, Lagos. Something different happened there. VIERAA — that’s Visionary Initiatives for Educational Revitalization and Advancement — teamed up with Reportersroom to pull together a no-holds-barred conversation about misinformation and disinformation. The kind of talk that usually stays in boardrooms….
