By: Abudu Olalekan Bala Mohammed speaks in Abuja Abuja’s humid air thick with politics. Saturday rolls around, PDP’s Convention Communication Sub-committee just got sworn in. Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed steps up to the mic. He’s the PDP Governors’ Forum chair, you know. And bam—he drops it. “I’m more than concerned” about governors and bigwigs jumping…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) just went scorched earth on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) this weekend. They said the current wave of defections? Not random. This exodus is the bitter, unavoidable result of deep internal rot. Years of deceit. Lack of core ideology. Serial betrayal among…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun The World Bank just dropped a truth bomb, recently confirming what most people already feel: over 100 million Nigerians are still living below the poverty line. Hard to swallow, especially when we constantly hear claims that the economy is finally “stable.” But Dr. Tijjani Ahmad, a senior lecturer and a research…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun Okay, so… Nigeria vs. Lesotho. Friday night. World Cup on the line. The Super Eagles? They got it done. 2-1. Just like that. Edge. Close. Decisive? Maybe. For now. Penalty. 55th minute. Troost-Ekong. Handball. Goal. Jubilation. Pure, unadulterated joy from the home fans. Perfect start. Right there. Then… Akor Adams. 80th…
By: Abudu Olalekan Venezuela’s democracy activist Maria Corina Machado just won the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s right – she did. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced this big news on Friday. Machado was picked out for her incredible work promoting democratic rights across Venezuela. She’s been fighting for a just and peaceful transition away from dictatorship….
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this. Dark skies over the North Sea. Jets screaming across the waves. Sirens wailing in the distance. It’s not some Hollywood thriller. Nope. It’s NATO’s big annual nuclear drill, Steadfast Noon, firing up come Monday. Alliance boss Mark Rutte dropped the news Friday. Tensions? Sky-high. Russia’s been poking the bear—er, the…
