By: Abudu Olalekan And this time? Not for cash. Not for customs. For a damn traffic ticket. Yeah. You read that right. The guy who sang “Locked Up” — actually got locked up. In Georgia. Suburban Atlanta. Chamblee, to be exact. Friday rolls around, police get an alert — white Tesla Cybertruck, registered to Akon,…
By: Abudu Olalekan PDP convention. This weekend. Supposed to be unity. Feels more like a showdown. Delegates are arriving. Buses pulling in from Lagos, Kano, Enugu. Suitcases, party badges, side-eyes. Over 3,000 of them. Two-thirds of the states already confirmed. Venue? Lekan Salami Stadium. Looks like a rainbow exploded—blue, yellow, PDP flags everywhere. But behind…
By: Abudu Olalekan Ronaldo sent off. Again. And now? The 2026 World Cup might start without him. It happened in Dublin. Cold night. Rain-slicked pitch. Ireland 2, Portugal 0. And in the 61st minute—boom. Elbow. Dara O’Shea stumbles. Referee shows yellow. Then… VAR kicks in. Review. Pause. Tension. Red card. Cristiano Ronaldo, 39 years old,…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria is ready. Dead serious. By 2035, the country aims to slash emissions by 32.2%. Not a typo. Thirty-two point two. That’s not just a number—it’s a promise wrapped in policy, backed by cash, and timed with urgency. Tenioye Majekodunmi said it loud in Belem, Brazil. November 13, 2025. COP30 was buzzing,…
by: Oluwaseun Lawal The air in COP30, Belém hangs heavy. Rainy. Sweet with river smell. Inside a bright hall, microphones blink red. A podium waits. Nigeria’s Vice President steps up and calls for new finance tools to harness the “economic value of nature.” Big idea, he says. Smart money, he hints. It lands like a…
By: Abudu Olalekan Is the Senate President’s seat shaking? The Senate has fired back at ‘unfounded’ rumours of a plot to remove Godswill Akpabio. But what’s the real gist? Reportersroom has the details. The gist in Abuja is wild. You can almost smell the intrigue. One minute everything is fine, the next, whispers are everywhere….
