CONFRONTED with a long-running crisis in the petroleum downstream sector, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s latest response with plan to build two new refineries is befuddling. Unable to run its existing four profitably despite having […]
THE report by local and global watchdogs that $15.7 billion is illegally spirited out of the country annually punctures any illusions by the government that it is winning the war on corruption. Findings from a […]
It is cheering news that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently registered itself on the side of global trends on gender sensitivity. For the first time in its 55-year-history, NAF commissioned two ladies into its […]
A recent call by the Senate for a declaration of emergency on federal roads marked a milestone in the avalanche of events on the sad state of road infrastructure in Nigeria. In this instance, the […]
Nigerian journalists have come under renewed assault from the security agencies. Free speech and the right to publish are all under serious threat in Nigeria’s supposed democracy. In some states, the security agencies seem to […]
EXACTLY six years after Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, the United Kingdom, first alerted the world to the systemic theft of Nigerian oil “on an industrial scale”, the country is still […]
A disclosure the other day by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire that the Federal Government would employ the services of foreign medical doctors has expectedly come under fire by concerned Nigerians. The […]
Coming at a time when human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria reported that 19 journalists have been arrested and illegally detained by securities authorities this year, an alleged plot by security operatives to arrest […]
A nation-wide military operation code-named Operation Positive Identification (OPI) said to have commenced at the weekend despite vehement objection from the public and members of the National Assembly should be seen for what it is: […]
AN information technology design that acts as ramparts against escalating payroll fraud, and has produced amazing results since its introduction, is vehemently being opposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. ASUU’s reasoning is self-serving, […]
The prompt containment of a recent presence of monkey pox disease in a part of Lagos saved a situation that could have gone viral but for rapid response. Though the incident was minimal, many people […]
In the tumultuous and chequered history of the Nigerian nation, the name of General Yakubu ‘Jack’ Gowon, head of state and commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, from August 1 1966 to July 29, 1975, […]
On Saturday October 19, General Yakubu Jack Gowon celebrated his 85th birthday. In the not so distant past, that event would have been marked with something akin to a public holiday. The Brigade of Guards […]
The Federal Government’s recent closure of its land borders with some neighbouring countries in the West Coast deserves some deconstruction – for the purpose of understanding its import at this time. The exercise came without […]
The 36 state governors intend to demand that “their states’ shares and those of the local governments from the Federation account” revenue accruals be distributed in the selfsame currency collected. That intention is borne out […]
Federal Government’s move to re-introduce tollgates 16 years after they were demolished by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has received widespread negative responses because virtually all the road networks across the country are dilapidated and are […]
THE clamour by concerned Nigerians for action on the high cost of governance appears to have finally caught the interest of the Senate, which has started working on relevant laws to reshape the country’s overly […]
WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari? In moments of national crisis, he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs, the President has embarked […]
In Nigeria’s unstable socio-economic environment, there is always a high possibility of well-intentioned programmes sailing into turbulent waters. In substantiation, fears are escalating that the Contributory Pension Scheme assets might come under threat from the […]
TWO separate trending recruitment scandals illustrate vividly how pervasive corruption and manipulation have corroded the public service. While the Senate is embroiled in a storm over the sharing of illegal employment allotment slots in federal […]
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