AIG Abduyari: IGP, PSC must come clean on this controversy
LAGOS is a special location and a special city in Nigeria. Apart from being the former Nigerian capital, it is…
Should lawbreakers make laws for you and I?
IN the aftermath of the national elections of 2023, a good number of political watchers in the country easily concluded…
For South-West governors, some home truths
GOVERNANCE in the South-West geopolitical zone started in a different way when compared with the general Nigerian standard, either at…
Nigeria’s Budget and the Paradox of Democracy
IN a publication released in 2006 with the title, Parliament and Democracy In the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Good…
OBJ versus NNPCL: When will the ding-dong end?
I expected former President Olusegun Obasanjo to fire back at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) immediately after it…
Tinubu’s maiden media chat and the missing links
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu praised himself for recording a good performance during his maiden presidential media chat held in Lagos…
When shall we reap the benefits of deregulation?
If I put the above question the other way around, asking when we shall see the effects of oil sector…
Systemic greed and endless national grid collapse
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu must have expected plaudits when he announced last week that the Federal Government would…
NASS members and the deceit called state creation
In August 2021, the 9th Senate denied that it had recommended the creation of 20 new states. The then-spokesman of…
PH Refineries: Still, not so much to cheer
Members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) management team were in celebrations on Tuesday as the company announced…
NASS Pensioners: How Akpabio, Abbas should not treat the elderly
ON Monday and Tuesday last week, workers and political operatives within the precincts of the new Senate building in the…
There’s hunger in Nigeria right now — Tinubu tells JBS in Brazil
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on JBS S.A, one of the top three largest meat processing companies globally, to…
Almajiri: Why northern leaders must look themselves in the mirror
TWO incidents that happened during the 1994/95 NYSC service year which I was part of in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, gave…
Policy matters: Between Tinubu and Atiku
EXACTLY a week ago, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar took out President Bola Tinubu’s policies and gave them uncomplimentary tags.…
I am a Yoruba, I wish Tinubu would make me proud
LET me start by telling the Niger Delta militant, Mujahidin Asari Dokubo that his vituperations against the Yoruba ethnic group…
Humphrey Nwosu as compass for electoral reforms
ONE of the major actors in the June 12, 1993 election debacle, Professor Humprey Nwosu, breathed his last on Thursday,…
Living with NNPC and Dangote abracadabra
IN recent weeks, a drama with all the trappings of magic has been playing out between the Nigerian National Petroleum…


