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: Abudu Olalekan Five European nations just revealed something startling. Two years have passed since Alexei Navalny died. Out of the blue, they point to a new culprit. This time it is not Novichok. It is not polonium either. The substance? Epibatidine. Found in poison dart frogs. A surprise twist nobody saw coming. Frogs from…
By: Abudu Olalekan Tragedy strikes again in Indonesia as rescuers pull the last two bodies from a crashed charter plane on Mount Bulusaraung. Full story on the fisheries ministry flight gone wrong, black box clues, and why air travel here stays risky. It was supposed to be a routine flight. A turboprop chartered by Indonesia’s…
By: Abudu Olalekan UK inflation climbed to 3.4% in December 2025, driven by tobacco, airfares and food prices. Bank of England unlikely to cut rates in February. It’s the kind of headline that sneaks up on you. One month you’re telling yourself, okay, prices are cooling, maybe we can breathe again. Then the next data…
By: Abudu Olalekan Trump middle finger incident caught on camera at Michigan auto plant as president responds to heckler during Ford factory visit. So, here’s the scene. Michigan. Tuesday. Donald Trump, the former (and maybe future?) President, is touring a Ford F-150 factory in Detroit. He’s up high, overlooking the assembly line, looking rather bundled…
By: Abudu Olalekan Folks, things are really heating up over in Iran again. Seriously. It’s the same old story, but somehow it feels… heavier this time. Overnight, people hit the streets. Again. Despite the big, giant internet shutoff. You know, the one where they just pull the plug on everyone talking to the outside world?…
