By: Abudu Olalekan In a significant move, U.S. forces conducted airstrikes in Nigeria’s Sokoto state alongside Nigerian authorities. President Trump called them “perfect” strikes. Details are emerging. US Launches Airstrikes Against Terrorist Targets in Nigeria Breaking news. Big development. The United States military has conducted airstrikes inside Nigeria. This happened in the northwest. Specifically in…
By: Abudu Olalekan The wait is finally over. The Nigerian soldiers detained in Burkina Faso are free. You know how tense things get for this Sahel region? E be like say war go break out. But diplomacy win this time. Abuja just send big men go Ouagadougou. And the result? Our boys are coming back…
By: Abudu Olalekan Chaos erupts in Guinea-Bissau as the military declares “total control,” suspending elections and imposing a curfew. What’s next for the coup-prone nation? Wednesday hit Guinea-Bissau like a cold shock. Gunfire cracked near the presidential palace at dawn. Not the distant pop of festival fireworks. The sharp, echoing kind that makes neighbors lock…
By: Abudu Olalekan So, a sliver of light. Finally. After weeks of the most brutal noise, a quiet so fragile you’re almost afraid to breathe on it. The guns in Gaza have fallen silent, for now. And this morning, that silence was broken by the most precious sound of all: the first footsteps of people…
By: Abudu Olalekan Venezuela’s democracy activist Maria Corina Machado just won the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s right – she did. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced this big news on Friday. Machado was picked out for her incredible work promoting democratic rights across Venezuela. She’s been fighting for a just and peaceful transition away from dictatorship….
By: Abudu Olalekan Imagine this. Dark skies over the North Sea. Jets screaming across the waves. Sirens wailing in the distance. It’s not some Hollywood thriller. Nope. It’s NATO’s big annual nuclear drill, Steadfast Noon, firing up come Monday. Alliance boss Mark Rutte dropped the news Friday. Tensions? Sky-high. Russia’s been poking the bear—er, the…
