By: Abudu Olalekan The world’s moving on. Oil? Gas? They’re getting old. Like cassette tapes in an iPhone world. Renewables are here. Solar. Wind. Green energy. It’s not a trend—it’s the new normal. And Nigeria? We’re standing at the edge. One foot in the past, one trying to step forward. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, head…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s 4 p.m. in Ogijo, Ogun State. The sky’s not blue—hasn’t been in months. It’s a murky gray-brown, like someone spilled ash and motor oil in the clouds. A mom yells from her cracked concrete doorway: “Come inside, Jide! Stop digging by the pothole!” That pothole? Filled with slag—crusty, sharp industrial waste…
By: Abudu Olalekan Friday morning in Abuja. Another government meeting, you might think. But this one was different. The APC Climate Change Network basically told their own party: enough talk, show us the action. And they weren’t being polite about it. Dr. Greg Odogwu, the network’s national coordinator, stood up at what they called their…
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this: It’s a bustling Thursday in Abuja, September 11, 2025. The air’s buzzing with excitement at the Green Skills bootcamp. Theme? “Spark the Green Economy: Robovolt Brand Reveal and AI-Driven Micro Grid Skills.” Stakeholders from Nigeria’s energy world are there, rallying the troops—especially the young ones—to supercharge the country’s shift to…
By: Abudu Olalekan Friday morning in Abuja. Another government meeting, you might think. But this one was different. The APC Climate Change Network basically told their own party: enough talk, show us the action. And they weren’t being polite about it. Dr. Greg Odogwu, the network’s national coordinator, stood up at what they called their…
By: Akinde Oluwaseun I was in Addis last week. Africa Climate Week. The air thick with urgency. At the Cities Lab, we sat in a circle—mayors, activists, planners, funders. No suits. No scripts. Just real talk. One thing hit hard: cities know what to do. They’ve always known.But no money. No power. No seat at…
