By: Abudu Olalekan Funny how moments come. This one feels sharp to Antonio Guterres. Things aren’t sitting right with the UN’s top official when he looks at the Security Council. Missing Africa from the permanent lineup strikes him as plainly unjust. He sees no good reason for it to stay that way. Furious words spilled…
By: Abudu Olalekan A strange shift has begun in the air above Northern Nigeria. Flying giants made their way here. Think at least three U.S. military planes arriving on scene. One after another, they settled during the shift from Thursday into Friday. Truth stands clear here. No whisper, just fact.Bullets filled the aircraft. A massive…
By: Abudu Olalekan Fear hangs heavy in Kaiama these days. It feels like you could cut through it with a knife.Out of nowhere, a video surfaced online – no happy ending here. This footage, spreading fast on Facebook since Saturday, captures the moment people were grabbed from Woro and Nuku during the violent outbreak in…
By: Abudu Olalekan Big shakeup in Rivers State. Governor Siminalayi Fubara just dissolved his entire cabinet. Poof. All commissioners and special advisers are out. Just like that. He also fired his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi. No reasons given. None. But he did name a replacement right away—Mr. Onwuka Nzeshi. Nzeshi signed the government announcement…
By: Abudu Olalekan INEC needs almost a trillion naira. For the 2027 elections. Yeah. That’s the number they told lawmakers. N873.78 billion. A huge jump from the 2023 budget. Which was, what, N313 billion? Something like that. The commission also wants another N171 billion just to keep the lights on in 2026. For by-elections. Off-season…
By: Abudu Olalekan So, Sokoto just kicked off a new committee. A big deal, really. It’s all about this “Powering Peace through Climate Action II” thing. International Alert Nigeria and the state government teamed up. They inaugurated a Project Steering Committee last Thursday. February 12, 2026. In Sokoto city. But why? Well, a bunch of…
