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 Monday morning. Abuja air thick with generator fumes and stale coffee. Another workshop. Another “strategic plan review.” But this one? Felt different. You could cut the tension with a machete. See, Nigeria’s Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA) – that ragtag crew of activists, researchers, farmers, and pissed-off youth – just wrapped their two-day…
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: Abudu Olalekan Now hear this: Femi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo talks straight. The PDP man running for governor doesn’t sugarcoat his views. Power stays in PDP hands by 2027, he insists. That message? Shouted far and wide across Oyo land. Ajadi showed up Tuesday, stepping into the Park Management System’s base at New Garage in Ibadan….
By: Abudu Olalekan Tuesday morning in Abuja carried a heaviness beyond humidity – more like tension, thick in the air. Officials sat packed together, uneasy, focused on an issue larger than the sputtering AC vibrating near the wall. Cooling vaccines or simply surviving work hours involves more than turning dials. This ties back to gaps…
