By: Abudu Olalekan Inside the huge, noisy halls of COP30 in Brazil, the news that dropped at the end felt more like a plot twist than a metadata update. After days of rumours and late‑night corridor whispers, it finally became official: Türkiye will host COP31 in 2026. And Australia, interestingly, will lead the negotiations. People…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun The week didn’t exactly start with a smile for the Naira. Not today. The currency walked into Monday already under pressure, especially in that ever-busy corner Nigerians call the black market. Or parallel market. Depends who you ask. By mid-morning, the Dollar was already trading at rates that felt… well, a…
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,…
