By: Abudu Olalekan Tuesday morning in Abuja carried a heaviness beyond humidity – more like tension, thick in the air. Officials sat packed together, uneasy, focused on an issue larger than the sputtering AC vibrating near the wall. Cooling vaccines or simply surviving work hours involves more than turning dials. This ties back to gaps…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It used to be routine. Last Saturday of the month. 7 a.m. No movement. Just brooms and buckets. That exercise might be coming back. Lagos State Government says the suspended monthly environmental sanitation could resume on or before March. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, dropped the hint on…
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: Kehinde Kenku Last year, I called it a waste war. It felt dramatic at the time, but it was honest. Lagos was battling refuse, and both the government and the people had their share of blame. Residents needed to act better. The Lagos State Government, through LAWMA and its operators, needed to fix access,…
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…
By: Abudu Olalekan It was a small book launch. Quiet venue. Few carefully picked guests. But the message that came out of that room was anything but small. Rep. Sam Onuigbo sat there, flipping through the pages of a new book, “Blue Economy: Gateway to a Sustainable Future,” written by Dr. Chika Chukwudi. He looked…
