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…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Muslim community in Oyo State came out swinging this week. They’re rejecting the terrorists’ demands outright—especially the push for Sharia law. And they’re making one thing crystal clear: these criminals don’t speak for Islam. They don’t speak for Muslims. Period. The statement hit different. Signed by community leaders Alhaji Ishaq Sanvni…
By: Abudu Olalekan Atiku Abubakar – once second-in-command – spoke up again on Nigeria’s slipping safety. Terror outfits now shift quicker, change tactics smarter, move faster, while state forces lag behind. Though officials scramble, the gap grows wider. Because threats evolve by the day, responses feel stuck in place. So far, little has closed that…
By: Abudu Olalekan Years passed while Shell stayed silent. Even after engineers raised alarms, even with papers spelling out danger, even against their own rules – they pushed oil through Nigeria’s key pipe. What came next sits heavy: water blackens, nets hang useless, homes breathe fumes where fishers once worked the shore. Those documents –…
By: Abudu Olalekan Out near Katsina State, armed men took a retired defence spokesman along with his wife. Troops confirm they’re moving fast to find them. This is the latest on the situation. A man who used to speak for Nigeria’s armed forces was taken by armed men. His wife too. The incident happened during…
By: Abudu Olalekan A 67-year-old Fulani leader in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Abdullai Muhammadu, has denied involvement in recent kidnappings around the Ijebu axis, even after police said one of the bags used to deliver ransom was found in his kitchen. Muhammadu, who is the Seriki Fulani and leader of the Fulani community in Ijebu…
