By: Abudu Olalekan If you’re here for the quiet, make-or-break wins of climate talks—this one’s worth sticking around for. It’s not the flashy emissions-cut promise you see on billboards. But it might just be the thing that keeps all those other promises from unraveling. Here’s the thing about COP meetings. They’re loud. They’re full of…
By: Abudu Olalekan They don’t just break in anymore. They spray something first. Then you wake up missing. Egbe residents are terrified after bandits bring scary new trick to Kogi. Something new and scary is happening in Egbe. Monday night, around 11 pm. Most people already sleeping. Then it started. First house – Odorum area….
By: Abudu Olalekan The 19 Northern governors have scheduled an emergency meeting for November 29, 2025, in Kaduna State. This isn’t just another political gathering. It’s a response to something that’s been brewing for too long, and now it’s boiling over. It’s happening again. Last week in Kebbi, gunmen stormed a girls’ school in Maga….
By: Abudu Olalekan Volunteer community rangers risk everything protecting Ekuri Forest in Cross River State. Their fight against illegal logging continues without government support. Just before the sun climbs over the hills, Festus Olory pulls on his old green shirt, grabs his machete and disappears into the mist. Another day. Another patrol. No salary. No…
By: Abudu Olalekan E just land like thunder. Donald Trump open mouth waaa: “If this genocide no stop, we go enter Nigeria guns blazing to protect Christians.” Next thing, him redesignate Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern again. Many people begin clap, especially some church people wey don tire. But one Yoruba group say: Abeg,…
By: Abudu Olalekan Inside the huge, noisy halls of COP30 in Brazil, the news that dropped at the end felt more like a plot twist than a metadata update. After days of rumours and late‑night corridor whispers, it finally became official: Türkiye will host COP31 in 2026. And Australia, interestingly, will lead the negotiations. People…
