By: Abudu Olalekan The EFCC just told former Bayelsa governor Timipre Sylva to show up. He’s wanted for that alleged $14.86 million fraud. Spokesman Dele Oyewale said it Monday after Sylva claimed the agency acts like an APC tool, not a real state body. “He has been declared wanted; he should make himself available to…
By: Abudu Olalekan Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian came out Tuesday and said he’d match any US step back toward that June deal meant to stop the fighting. He’s heading to meet Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan. The two sides were supposed to talk on the sidelines. Russia and China push this…
By: Abudu Olalekan The ruling All Progressives Congress thought it had managed to keep its post-primary grievances under wraps. Then INEC published the candidate list. On Saturday, the electoral body pasted Form EC9 at its offices across the states. That simple act ended months of speculation over who would fly the party’s flags in 2027….
By: Abudu Olalekan Let’s be honest. Climate finance has never lacked promises. What it lacks is speed. Proximity. And the ability to unlock real investment where it’s needed most. That reality is hitting the Pacific hard. Small Island Developing States aren’t asking for more paper commitments. They’re asking for finance that’s simpler, faster, and built…
By: Abudu Olalekan The SGF project office controversy may have started with an internal disagreement—not the discovery of a secret government agency, as initially presented. Reportersroom gathered that a dispute between George Nwabueze, promoter of the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, and some directors in the Office of the Secretary to the…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nepal floods have left communities shattered across the Himalayan country, with hundreds confirmed dead, thousands still missing and vital infrastructure badly damaged. Rescue teams are searching for more than 2,400 people, while the confirmed death toll has risen above 620. The government has appealed for financial assistance, saying the disaster caused a…
