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The military regimes took all the resources from the more munificent regions into the central Federation Account, out of which the Federal Government always takes more than 50 per cent that it…
Strategic consumer goods like petroleum products, foodstuffs and building materials are now imported on a regular basis. Indeed, the Nigerian economy has stumbled so much that, these days, the richest…
Louts’ menace in Ogun unacceptable Map of Ogun State THE protest of multiple levies initiated by minibus drivers against the transport union executives in Ogun State on September 22 echoes a strong note against the power wielded by non-state acto
Budget 2025 must work for citizens Senate UPON resumption on Tuesday after a two-month recess, the Senate prioritised the 2025 appropriation bill. Budget proposals are due for submission by the various ministries, departments, and agencies by Octob
Grappling with hardship…officially IN a notable departure from the official mantra, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has bucked the trend in government with a new dirge: Nigerians are grappling with severe hardship. Akpabio and Co are late to th
On the appointment of Inspector-General of Police and the Commissioner of Police of a State, Clause 13 of the House of Representatives’ Bill supplants Section 215 of the Principal Act (1999 Constitution…
The recurring scarcity of petrol amid hike in price, removal and surreptitious return of fuel subsidy, make Nigerians wonder if the midstream and downstream sub-sector of petroleum industry is run by competent…
New centre must win the arms war THE bill for the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons recently signed by President Bola Tinubu should set the pace for the coordinated, sustained and transparent prose
As private sector’s Dangote Refinery deserves plaudits for taking over the responsibility of government and now provides petrol for Nigerians, Mele Kyari, Group CEO of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and every…
After months of tensions and arms build-up along its borders, Russia finally invaded Ukraine on 24th February, 2022. Airstrikes and missiles bombarded Ukrainian cities, followed by ground invasion from the…