By: Olalekan Abudu Back in 2005, digital services were worth maybe a trillion dollars globally. Fast forward to today? We’re talking $4.25 trillion. That’s the kind of explosive growth Okonjo-Iweala was pointing to when she basically said Nigerian women need to grab this opportunity. Now. Here’s the thing – the WEIDE Fund isn’t throwing money…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal NSUKKA — The hall was packed. Faces old and young. Voices echoing the same message — “Tinubu again, 2027.” On Wednesday, the South-East Elders Alliance for Tinubu 2027, Enugu North Senatorial District chapter, openly declared their loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Why? Because, according to them, the South-East has never had…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The news hit Ogoniland with mixed feelings. Relief. Confusion. And a bit of anger. On Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced a new Board of Trustees for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project—HYPREP. Emmanuel Deeyah was named chairman. But not everyone’s clapping. By Wednesday, a coalition of Ogoni groups had fired back. Chiefs. Elders….
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Sudan is bleeding from too many wounds.The war hasn’t stopped. Hunger still bites. And now—cholera. The worst in years. Doctors Without Borders says at least 40 people died in Darfur this past week alone. Thousands are sick. The numbers keep climbing. It’s not just disease. It’s everything happening at once. Darfur has…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It was supposed to be a chance at a better life. At least, that’s what they were told.But on July 30, 2025, somewhere along the busy Enugu–Onitsha Expressway, the story changed. Police stopped a vehicle. Inside—two teenage girls. Scared. Silent. And a man they say had promised them jobs in Ghana.His name?…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Here’s the harsh truth. Lagos residents, especially in Lekki Peninsula, are drinking what the government official himself called “shit water.” Mahmood Adegbite, a top official in Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment, didn’t sugarcoat it. Contaminated boreholes are putting people’s health at risk. But CAPPA isn’t shocked. They say this blunt admission just…
