By: Oluwaseun Lawal The sky was watched. And then the announcement came. Saudi Arabia has declared that Ramadan 2026 will begin on Wednesday after authorities confirmed the sighting of the crescent moon on Tuesday evening. The royal court made it official shortly after reports were submitted to the Supreme Court. As is tradition, teams of…
By: Abudu Olalekan Fog lifts slow over the runway. Boots hit tarmac at Bauchi Airfield. Silence breaks fast – metal shrieks as engines blast through dawn air. One aircraft rolls to a stop. A hundred figures move out. Hands empty. Shoulders heavy with packs. Screens tucked under arms likely. New flights carve paths where few…
By: Abudu Olalekan Flickering ceiling lamps. Monday deep into Tuesday now. Plastic seats sticking to skin at EFCC base in Abuja. Ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai planted there – back straight, eyes flat. Not fighting. Simply worn down. Interrogation dragged through hours. About four hundred thirty two billion naira. The figure hangs like smoke. Too big to…
By: Abudu Olalekan UN Boss Guterres: Time to End Western Sahara’s Colonial Ghost Story Monday morning, UN chamber. Hushed. António Guterres steps up, not in stiff diplomat mode, but like he’s gotta tell us something real. He hits the mic: “This organisation was created as a place where nations can meet as equals, not as…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal A name on a list. Then another. And another. In a sweeping update released on February 10, the United States Department of the Treasury, through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), placed eight Nigerians on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List — better known as the SDN List. The…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal That familiar visa sticker on your passport? It’s about to disappear. From February 25, 2026, Nigerians applying for UK visit visas will no longer receive the physical vignette pasted inside their passports. Instead, the United Kingdom will issue electronic visas — eVisas — as part of its shift toward a fully digital…
