By: Abudu Olalekan The room fell silent. Screens blinked. Everyone held their breath. Nigeria vs Mozambique. It’s official. January 5th. Fez. A date circled in red. No turning back now. The news dropped like a stone in water. Wednesday night. Match day three just wrapped. And there it was — the Round of 16 draw….
By: Abudu Olalekan Climate change is not waiting for anyone, and in the Hadejia–Jama’are river basin, the signs are already there. The wind. The tired soil. The gullies that creep a little farther after each heavy rain. So on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, something small but meaningful happened at the Hadejia Jam’are River Basin Development…
By: Abudu Olalekan Man. That was close. Anthony Joshua—yes, the Anthony Joshua—was caught in a terrifying crash Monday morning along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Ogun State. Makun area. Just before Danco Filling Station, if you know the stretch. His Lexus SUV—KRD 850 HN—plowed into a stationary truck. No warning. No time. Just a loud bang. Eyewitnesses said it happened…
By: Abudu Olalekan Peter Obi Confirms Candidacy, Says He’s Not Running to Be Vice President. No more guessing. Peter Obi has made up his mind—and he’s not sugarcoating it. On Sunday night, during a live X Spaces chat with his online supporters, the former Labour Party presidential candidate spilled the truth, raw and clear. He’s…
By: Abudu Olalekan The bombs fell. But for many in Nigeria, they came way too late. Segun Sowunmi, a top PDP voice from Ogun State, isn’t mincing words. He’s upset. Frustrated. And tired of global powers treating Nigerian lives like an afterthought. Speaking Sunday on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Sowunmi gave a blunt take on…
By: Abudu Olalekan Fuel Subsidy Scandal: SERAP Drags Governors, Wike to Court Over N14trn FAAC Spending Something’s not adding up. It’s been over a year since Nigeria pulled the plug on fuel subsidies, a major economic shift promised to free up trillions of naira. That move, back in May 2023, was meant to redirect the…
