NNPCL and Dangote Refinery Limited (Part 1)
THE Dangote Petroleum Refinery was expected by many Nigerians to be the end to petroleum importation and petroleum product scarcity…
Readers’ reactions to my publications (2)
DR Kehinde Abiola, FNIM,CMP, wrote: RE: dangote refinery: Sandwiched between plenty and want “I write to refer to the article…
Readers’ reactions to my publications
THIS week, I intend to publish some of the reactions and comments to my column from readers all over the…
Admission: Age limit, university autonomy, Senate and discretionary powers of the universities (Part 2)
NIGERIANS are in a state of uproar following the announcement by the Honourable Minister for Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman,that from…
Time when there were no beggars and thieves in Nigeria
CHINGIZ Aitmatov wrote an anecdote in his book titled “The Day lasts more than a Hundred Years” thus: “Stalin called…
The Russo-Ukrainian war: The time for peace is now!
WARS are too destructive to serve any conceivable or even coincidental good. However, wars in this age of nuclear and…
Admission: Age limit and discretionary powers of universities
I remember very vividly the “Old Primary School Right of Passage”. For a child to be admitted into primary school…
Guns do not by themselves kill people: Amend gun rights in USA
THERE are two names that have become popular in discussionsacross the globe since Saturday the 12th day of July 2024.…
Dangote refinery: Sandwitched between plenty and want
NIGERIA has produced 236 million barrels of crude this year yet it is unable to supply the 650,000 barrels per…
Dangote refinery: Suffering amidst plenty Nigeria’s oil wealth
NIGERIA is a hydrocarbon-rich nation. It is ranked by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as the top crude…
Democracy and the people’s role (10)
THERE is no way democracy can be divorced from elections. In fact, elections are the handmaid of democracy. In advanced…
Democracy and the people’s role (8)
OF all the impeachments carried out, that of Chief Joshua ChibiDariye, the erstwhile Governor of Plateau State proved intractable and…
Democracy and the people’s role (6)
Testing the workability of the constitution THERE is no political system that is completely faultless neither is there one that…
Democracy and the people’s role (4)
THE Western regional government made effective use of the concessions offered by the British Government both in the London conference…
Trump and court cases
In recent times, the world media has been inundated with news about many criminal cases against the former American President,…
The constitutionality of death penalty: Need to amend the law (2)
Last week, I began a discussion on proprietary of Nigeria’s retention of the death penalty. I concluded last week’s piece…
International Women’s Day (IWD): A day of celebration
EVERY year on March 8, the world comes together to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), a day dedicated to honoring…
President’s call for mechanised farming good for agric revolution
I read with great delight the statement credited to the President of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his vision…
The continued relevance of penalty shootout in soccer
IN a divided world, humanity has always found common denominators. One of these is soccer, also referred to as football.…
Executive immunity and good government (3)
IN the previous publication, the extent of the protection granted by the executive immunity, as presented in section 308 of…
