By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun It was supposed to be a chill hangout — just a bunch of uni execs swapping stories under the Idado sky. But for Damilola Balogun, a 400-level education student and soon-to-be president of UNILAG’s education students’ association, it turned into something else. Thursday afternoon, the waves were whispering danger. Locals were…
By: Abudu Olalekan Let’s get real. Body image struggles? They hit different after childbirth. Nollywood star Uche Ogbodo knows this too well. The actress just dropped a truth bomb: She got a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) for her mental health. Not for fame. Not for men. For herself. “I Didn’t Recognize Myself Anymore”Three C-sections. Three…
By: Abudu Olalekan The numbers don’t lie. And they’re brutal. Between 2000 and 2024, 7,646 Nigerians applied for asylum in Sweden. That’s two decades of desperation, hope, and—for most—rejection. The Breakdown: Who’s Fleeing?The data from Sweden’s Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) tells a grim story. 2000-2021: 6,783 applications2022: 2882023: 2002024 (so far): 375But here’s the kicker—88% of…
By: Abudu Olalekan India’s war on drugs just got real. And the numbers? Brutal. Last year, 660 foreign nationals were arrested for drug trafficking. Out of these, a staggering 106 were Nigerians. That’s right—Nigerians made up the second-highest group after Nepalese (203 arrests). The data, straight from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), also showed Myanmarese…
By: Abudu Olalekan Night-time TV, harsh studio lights, one blunt guest. That was Thursday. Nyesom Wike, now lord of Abuja’s boulevards, faced the Politics Today cameras and—without clearing his throat—fired a broadside at folks begging ex-president Goodluck Jonathan to run again in 2027. “They’re stoking trouble,” he snapped. No fancy euphemism. Just trouble. He knows…
By: Abudu Olalekan Thursday dawn felt like carnival. Brass bands, red-clad women, ex-council bosses in over-ironed agbadas. Everyone pointed toward one gate – Government House, Port Harcourt. Six months of emergency rule had finally lapsed at midnight, President Tinubu said so himself. So, Siminalayi Fubara, the reinstated governor, ought to stride back in at sunrise,…
