By: Abudu Olalekan A hush hung over the fields when the engines broke it. Folks moved slow under the early sun, boots on dirt, pots clanging inside kitchens. A few carried bags toward open land where cassava grows. Kids sat blinking at wooden tables, mouths half-full. Noise arrived without warning – tires on gravel, rising…
By: Abudu Olalekan Midweek rain painted the roads of Abuja black. Inside Aso Rock, officials gathered once more beneath bright lights. This event, though – different somehow. Like tossing flame onto something already burning. At roughly five in the evening, President Tinubu signed what some call the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment). Paper met ink without…
By: Abudu Olalekan That name still rings a bell. Nasir El-Rufai, once ran Kaduna State. Felt like nothing ever stuck to him. Slipped around authority as if it were his backyard. Now here we go – he’s been taken in by officials again. Out of nowhere, really. Right after everyone assumed the EFCC chapter had…
By: Abudu Olalekan A twist unfolded this week in Taraba’s courtroom drama. Property lines blur when belief enters the picture. Tuesday brought a ruling from Upper Area Court 11, tucked inside Jalingo’s judicial sprawl. Weighty moments arrived without warning. A case from the Global Methodist Church of Nigeria vanished – erased by gavel fall. A…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Smoke has barely cleared from Singer Market in Kano, yet the questions are already rising. What went wrong. And why does this keep happening? On Tuesday, the Senate stepped in. Lawmakers directed their Committee on Interior, chaired by Senator Adams Oshiomhole, to dig deep into both the immediate and underlying causes of…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Big hall. Bright lights. Bold promises. On Tuesday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu formally unveiled Nigeria’s Industrial Policy 2025, describing it as a practical roadmap to rebuild the country’s industrial backbone. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, the president charged ministries and agencies to move…
