By: Abudu Olalekan Bayelsa United’s team bus had an accident scare on the Abuja road while heading to Kano for their Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday 22 game against Barau FC. The scary part? One of the tyres reportedly came off while the bus was still moving. That’s not “small issue.” That’s a moment…
By: Abudu Olalekan Rivers and Kano politics just got that “anything can happen” feeling again. Two sitting governors — Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers and Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano — are drifting (or running) toward the APC ahead of 2027. But the big prize they want, the second-term ticket, is not sitting on the table…
By: Abudu Olalekan The countdown is on. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will run from January 26 to February 28 across all approved CBT centres in Nigeria. And yes, it’s close. It’s not one of those “you still have time” kind of things….
By: Abudu Olalekan Northern CAN Chairman Joseph Hayab speaks on the Kaduna kidnapping, government denial, and the deliberate targeting of Christians by bandits in Nigeria. It started like a script from a bad movie. A really bad one. 177 worshippers were taken. Just like that. In Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State,…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed on Friday, dropping electricity generation to zero megawatts and leaving all 11 distribution companies without supply. It was around 1:00 p.m. on a Friday. The sun was high in the sky, baking the streets. The heat was biting. Suddenly, the low hum of air conditioners stopped. The…
By: Abudu Olalekan Corps members and parents express fear as NYSC orientation camps open in states battling bandit attacks and kidnappings across northern Nigeria. It starts with a prayer. For thousands of Nigerian families this week, it ended with a held breath. The excitement of graduation has quickly turned into a cold sweat for many….
