By: Abudu Olalekan ILO and UNICEF train Nigerian policymakers to strengthen social protection systems. Learn how capacity-building workshops aim to reduce poverty and build resilience. Last week in Abuja, something big happened. Not the kind of thing you’d see on the news. No drama. No shouting. Just a quiet, two-day workshop where people actually tried…
By: Abudu Olalekan Here’s the deal. Nigeria’s weather’s about to get seriously messy, and I mean seriously messy. Our weather folks at NiMet, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, just dropped the forecast, and it’s a real mixed bag. Dust haze. Rain. Possible, even likely, floods. And get this: it’s all happening back-to-back, from Monday right through…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s fight against insurgents? It’s getting messier. Despite bullets flying and bombs detonating, over 500 senior military officers—think Major-Generals, Brigadier-Generals, even Rear Admirals—got the boot under Buhari and Tinubu. And it’s not just a number. It’s a pattern. The tradition’s brutal. New service chiefs come in. Boom. Anyone senior to them, or…
By: Abudu Olalekan Just last Friday. The corridors of power buzzed. President Bola Tinubu suddenly relieved his top military brass. Service chiefs, everywhere. Folks thought: “Coup?” Many whispered it. But here’s the scoop—no coup. Not even close. It all started with a brief statement from Tope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant on Media. He said,…
By: Abudu Olalekan “Make the 2027 elections transparent and free from violence,” Tinubu said, his voice steady. Because, let’s be real, credible polls? They’re the bedrock of public trust. The glue holding our democracy together. Without that, everything crumbles. The oath-taking was quick but packed with meaning. At 1:50 pm sharp, in the Council Chamber,…
By: Abudu Olalekan The internet is a messy place. And right now, it’s swirling with rumors, accusations, and a whole lot of drama surrounding actress Regina Daniels, her husband, Senator Ned Nwoko, and her mother, veteran actress Rita Daniels. It all kicked off again with a viral video. A shocking one. Regina, in the clip,…
