By: Abudu Olalekan Dawn broke over Oke-Ode with gunfire, not roosters. Blood on the streets. Vigilantes dead. The Baale of Ogbayo—gone. Last Sunday’s attack turned the quiet town into a nightmare. And the PDP? Furious. “The governor’s asleep at the wheel,” said Olusegun Adewara, the party’s mouthpiece. “Kwara’s burning. Under AbdulRazaq, bandits run wild. Kidnappers…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Lagos Lagoon, usually buzzing with ferries and fishermen, transformed into a high-octane racetrack. Roaring engines? Nah, not this time. We’re talking sleek, silent electric powerboats slicing through the water at breakneck speeds. Africa’s first all-electric championship. And guess who’s throwing open the doors to everyone? Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Yeah,…
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this: it’s early Monday morning in Abuja. The sun’s just peeking over the skyline, but the energy sector’s already grinding to a halt. Locked gates. Stranded workers pacing outside. Security guys waving folks away like it’s a crime scene. Yeah, that’s the scene at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission headquarters….
By: Abudu Olalekan Something big is brewing. A massive showdown. It’s between one of Nigeria’s biggest companies and a powerful union. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN for short, they’ve had enough. And they are not playing games. They have instructed their members, all of them, to just stop working….
By: Abudu Olalekan You know that feeling. You’re on a bus, just trying to get from one place to another. Maybe you’re tired, maybe you’re excited to see family, maybe you’re just staring out the window, watching the world go by. It’s supposed to be a regular trip. A quick journey from Abuja down to…
By: Abudu Olalekan Heat. Thick as ogbono soup.Drums. Thumping through cracked concrete.Mapo Hall. Packed. Sweaty. Breathing the same air as history. There he stood. Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. Robes heavy with centuries. Crown gleaming.His moment. But before the cheers could even catch fire…He dropped a truth bomb on President Tinubu. “My people sent me a…
