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…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Smoke has barely cleared from Singer Market in Kano, yet the questions are already rising. What went wrong. And why does this keep happening? On Tuesday, the Senate stepped in. Lawmakers directed their Committee on Interior, chaired by Senator Adams Oshiomhole, to dig deep into both the immediate and underlying causes of…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Big hall. Bright lights. Bold promises. On Tuesday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu formally unveiled Nigeria’s Industrial Policy 2025, describing it as a practical roadmap to rebuild the country’s industrial backbone. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, the president charged ministries and agencies to move…
