Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), now NNPC Limited, is back in the news, announcing that it can no longer supply crude oil to local refineries like Dangote Petroleum Refinery because all its crude production is committed to forward sales. Additionally, reports indicate […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ronald Reagan, former President of the US, once said that “African leaders spend like drunken sailors; only that drunken sailors spend their own money while African leaders spend public money”. This opinion decries endemic corruption and the resultant underdevelopment in Africa; it reflects […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Despite his long absence from the epicentre of power, General Ibrahim Babangida remains a subject of constant fascinations. The attention commanded by his recently published autobiography, My Journey in Service, attests to his hold on the public imagination for good or evil. Love […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Another gubernatorial election circle is coming up in Ogun State in the year 2027.As was the case during previous ones in the current Fourth Republic, some arguments are being thrown up, mostly bothering on blackmail, asking the Egbas not to contest. “It is […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INTRODUCTION In a landmark decision in ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ABIA STATE & ORS (2024) LPELR-62576(SC) last year, the Supreme Court gave the local government system full autonomy, warning governors to keep their political fingers off Local Government […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow I have carefully read and listened to former Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s public remorse and regrets over the atrocious annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential elections. He did this 32 whopping years later. I want to very quickly say […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INTRODUCTION Is Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun legally recognised as such under our extant laws, or is he but a pretender to the throne (office of the IGP)? I shall attempt in this writeup to answer this question. This is because there […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Does Nigeria require more states at present? The answer to this poser, going by the existing socio-economic and political conditions of the country, is provided by Luke Onyekakeyah, a columnist in the Guardian Newspapers: ‘’If anything, the existing state structure has done more […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 1980 Box Office comic movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy” garnered over $200m. Meanwhile, Nixau Toma, the lead actor, was paid $300 for his role; he died a wretched poor man in 2003 at 59 years. How so? Nixau was hugely exploited […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 3 February 2025) Each time we hear or read outsiders say they are fighting for Yoruba Muslims, some of us (Yoruba Muslims) laugh. Who told them that we cannot fight our war ourselves – if there […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 January 2025). The United Arab Emirates has just held its Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Our president was there. A part of that event was the World Future Energy Summit which ended on Thursday last week. […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By Fred Itua As I set out to pen this piece on this serene Sunday afternoon, my mind is drawn to the profound epistle of Apostle Paul to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 1:27-29: “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the […] More
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