By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The IPOB leader has sacked his longtime lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, accusing him of still speaking and acting in his name… without permission. He says it had already been said before, verbally. Now it’s official. Kanu didn’t mince words. Every authority given to Ejiofor—gone. No more representing him, his family, or IPOB….
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal LAGOS, Nigeria — In the months leading to Nigeria’s next electoral cycle, the battle against misinformation is becoming just as important as the elections themselves. That battle received a boost on Monday. DNN FactCheck, the verification and fact-checking arm of Development News Network (DNN) Media Foundation, has been selected to receive…
By: Abudu Olalekan For farmers in Gella community, Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, the last twelve months have looked a little different. New crops. New techniques. And for the first time, solar panels pumping water onto farmland instead of just sitting on rooftops. That’s the kind of shift the Alimat Care Foundation…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s hard to overstate what’s happening right now across southern Europe. More than three hundred thousand people have been displaced by wildfires tearing through France and Spain, and honestly, the numbers keep climbing. Spain declared a national emergency. That alone tells you how bad things are. The country’s interior ministry says fires…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Months of relentless military operations appear to be taking a toll on insurgent groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East. The Nigerian Army says another key member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has voluntarily surrendered. This time, not just any fighter, but a man believed to have managed the group’s…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal For decades, Nigeria has launched one agricultural programme after another. Some improved harvests. Others faded before reaching their full potential. Now, the Federal Government says it wants to change the pattern—not with another short-term intervention, but with a decade-long roadmap designed to reshape the country’s entire food system. The new 10-Year…
