Transforming Nigeria’s oil and gas industry
Tony Erha The managerial run of the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will begin this week with the announcement of portfolios and swearing in of ministers-designate. As...
View Article#RevolutionNow: fact or fiction
Promise Adiele The first time I read Alexander Madiebo’s memoir ‘The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War’, I was a sophomore steeped in the radical doctrines of my Government teacher. After...
View ArticleTask before Buhari and ‘Next Level’ ministers
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano President Mohammadu Buhari’s ‘next level’ ministers get off the block today with their formal swearing-in and inaugural federal executive council (FEC) meeting. This is after a...
View ArticleThe new scramble for opportunity in Africa
Tanko Sanni There is a new wind of change in Africa blowing Africans towards working harder than before to achieving economic prosperity for their people. This wind has equally ignited a new struggle...
View ArticleThe food imports forex ban
President Muhammadu Buhari touched a raw nerve during his recent Eid-el-Kabir luncheon with APC governors when he announced his directive to the Central Bank to stop the sale of foreign exchange for...
View ArticleDrug abuse and the killing of Nigerians
Kayode Ojewale It is not the drugs that make a drug addict, it’s the need to escape reality – Riley Blue (Fictional character portrayed by Tuppence Middleton) Addiction begins with hope that something...
View ArticleHerdsmen terrorism: Different strokes for different folks
SKC Ogbonnia The Herdsmen terrorism in Nigeria has lasted because the victims are typically the ordinary people. Consider, for instance, two recent killings, in which the victims happened to be an...
View ArticleNigeria Correctional Service: Beyond the change of name
Abdullah Abdulganiy Last week, on Wednesday August 19, 2019 to be precise, the C-in-C of the armed forces in Nigeria, President MuhammaduBuhari signed a bill into law. This bill is chiefly geared...
View ArticleNonpayment of pension and the death toll in Nigeria
Pension benefit in the United States is like a sacred promise to a retiree who expects without equivocation to receive his regular monthly benefit for the rest of his or her life. So, while payment of...
View ArticleThe shameful Nuremberg welcome
The Igbo welcome visitors. They also welcome strangers. This is epitomized in Igbo proverb, Oje mba enwe iro, a traveler has no enemy. The Igbo also travel a lot. The Igbo can go to any length to make...
View ArticleThe Anambra oxygen plant breakthrough
Auzor Maxim Uzoatu OXYGEN is life. Where there is no oxygen there is no life. It’s cool to stress that Anambra State bustles with oxygen. It was indeed a sparkling breath of fresh oxygen when on his...
View ArticleYakubu Gowon’s sermon
Abiodun Komolafe Yakubu Dan Yumma Gowon, 84, is Nigeria’s former Head of State. He served in the Nigerian Army between 1954 and 1975. Nine of those years were dedicated to Nigeria as her ruler. Within...
View ArticleAmos Tutuola’s inimitable use of the English language
S. J. Timothy-Asobele During this year 2019 Nigerian International Book Fair held at Jelili Omotola Hall former Multi-Purpose Hall, at The University of Lagos, Akoka Yaba, Lagos from 5 – 10th May, 1...
View ArticleIn search of ennobling leadership virtues in Nigeria (1)
Ojike John Akiri Any historical narrative on Nigeria should be deemed wantonly deficient, if it is silent on the inherent throes from its infinite diversity, whether by its multi-ethnic configuration,...
View ArticleThe law of incorporated trustees as it affects churches, mosques, et al
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Esq In recent times, there has been a lot of focus on religious organisations, as to their proliferation, operations, organisations and utility. Without the churches, mosques and...
View ArticleMasses’ worsening poverty
Since the beginning of this year—and for the first time in my more than three decades’ fulfilled residence in Lagos—I have a record of families in my church, business and home neighbourhoods who have...
View ArticleRape: Descendants of Shechem on rampage
Ladesope Ladelokun For those who are familiar with the holy book of the Christian religion- the Bible, the name ‘Shechem’ may not ring a bell. But it is apposite to state upfront that it is a name...
View ArticleDormancy of HIV/AIDS anti-discrimination law
Hameed Oyegbade The HIV/AIDS (anti-discrimination) Act was enacted in Nigeria in the year 2014, but has since remained dormant due to non-implementation. Unfortunately, besides the psychological...
View ArticleMaritime security in the Gulf of Guinea
Inwalomhe Donald In recent years, the seas off West Africa have become “the world’s worst for pirate attacks,” according to the IMB. Attacks doubled in the Gulf of Guinea in 2018 compared to the...
View ArticleBailout refund: Why states are walking a tightrope
The National Economic Council (NEC) established by provision of Section 153(1) and paragraphs 18 & 19 of Part 1 of the Third Schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria(as...
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