By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The courtroom was quiet for a moment on Wednesday morning. Lawyers shuffled documents. Court officials moved in and out. At the centre of it all sat activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore, waiting to hear what would happen next in a legal battle that has continued to draw public attention. By the…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal It was a quiet Saturday night in Surulere. Then the tip-off came in. By the time operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit moved in, an unregistered MAN diesel truck was already loaded and ready to go. Inside it? Sacks. Dozens of them. Stuffed with military camouflage uniforms. By…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal London was grey. A bit humid. But inside the packed halls of Climate Innovation Forum, the mood felt charged. Murat Kurum, Turkey’s environment minister and president-designate of COP31, stepped up with a message that was simple, almost blunt: electrify everything. And do it faster. He wasn’t speaking in abstract climate jargon….
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal A major shift may be coming to Nigeria’s security architecture. On Wednesday, the Senate took a significant step toward changing how policing works across the country. After a lengthy debate and clause-by-clause consideration, lawmakers voted in favour of a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to establish state police services alongside the…
It was early morning in Magamin Diddi. Fifty elderly men left their homes carrying walking sticks and hope. They weren’t heading to their farms. They weren’t going to the market either. They were walking straight into Muntsira Forest to meet a man many feared, but they believed could finally choose peace. For months, life in…
Something is happening to us. You can feel it in the air. The heat last year was not the kind you complain about and move on. It was heavy. Stubborn. It sat on your skin even when the fan was on full speed. Even air conditioners seemed tired. People said, “This heat is different.” And…
