By: Abudu Olalekan E just start like small play, but now the whole thing don scatter. Burna Boy enter America with chest, No Sign Of Weakness tour, Grammy holder, African Giant, Odogwu things. But two weeks inside, the giant don dey wobble. Fans dey vex. Venues dey empty. Two shows don die complete. And the…
By: Abudu Olalekan Obasanjo no dey smile again. Baba don talk am raw on Friday inside Jos, Plateau State. He face President Bola Tinubu direct: end these bandits wey dey slaughter Nigerians every day, or make we call the whole world come help us. Yes, he said it like that. The old general climb stage…
By: Abudu Olalekan You won’t believe what went down in Ogun and Abuja this week. NESREA, those environmental watchdogs, literally rolled in with seals and padlocks. Six recycling plants in Ogijo got shut tight, and one quarry in Dutse, Abuja, joined the party. People are shaken. Kids got hurt. And honestly? It was long overdue….
By: Abudu Olalekan Too little, too late. That’s what many Nigerians are saying about President Tinubu’s security emergency declaration. The announcement came Tuesday after yet another wave of kidnappings and terror attacks. More personnel, the president promised. A state of emergency on security. But here’s the thing – people have heard this before. They want…
By: Abudu Olalekan They came out of nowhere. One moment, passengers were chatting on their way to Obajana. The next? Chaos. Thursday afternoon turned into a nightmare on the Osokoko-Obajana road in Kogi State when bandits struck hard. Two commercial 18-seater buses found themselves in the crosshairs. One escaped. The other didn’t. Picture this scene:…
By: Abudu Olalekan This hurts. The East African Court of Justice just told millions of people their lives don’t matter. On Wednesday, November 26, the EACJ’s Appellate Division crushed hopes for justice. Four civil society groups had challenged the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. The court? They wouldn’t even look at the evidence….
