By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun Another tough night for Mohamed Salah. Really tough. Liverpool got punched 3–0 by Nottingham Forest right there at Anfield, and you could almost feel the frustration dripping off him. The goals just aren’t coming like they used to. Four in the league so far, and the last one? That was way…
By: Abudu Olalekan The sun was already high when we rolled into Gwadoddi village. Dust swirled around the motorcycle tyres. An old man sat on a cracked mud bench under a neem shade, fanning himself with a torn prayer booklet. Malam Gwadoddi Shehu is 89, maybe more. He doesn’t count birthdays anymore. He just remembers…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun For days, the whole community held its breath. Stiff air. Quiet prayers. Then—finally—some good news dropped. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said the 38 people taken during that shocking attack at Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku have been freed. Just like that, hope crawled back in. The announcement came through his media aide,…
By: Abudu Olalekan Anyigba, Kogi East. Saturday night.A police wireless message just landed like a bomb in every station from Dekina to Egume. “LARGE NUMBER OF BANDITS HAVE MIGRATED INTO FORESTS AROUND BASSA AND ANYIGBA/OCHAJA AXIS… DRESSED IN MILITARY UNIFORMS… HEAVILY ARMED WITH AK-47… MAIN TARGETS: OCHAJA BOYS/GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PRINCE ABUBAKAR AUDU UNIVERSITY ANYIGBA,…
By: Abudu Olalekan They left home with backpacks. Not knowing. Not even imagining. Now, days later, 327 children are still missing in Kebbi and Niger states, and nobody can really say where they are or what comes next. Parents wait by dead phones. Teachers stare at empty desks. The fear is thick. And it’s spreading….
By: Abudu Olalekan Belém, November 22, 2025. The gavel fell. COP30 was over. Everyone clapped politely, then the real talk started outside the plenary hall. And it wasn’t pretty. Another climate summit, another stack of shiny new words. But when you flip through the final text looking for the bit that says “we’re actually going…
