By Taiwo Adisa taiadis@yahoo.com January 5, 2025 I EXPECTED former President Olusegun Obasanjo to fire back at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) immediately after it announced the revival of the old Port Harcourt refinery on November 26, 2024. In several interviews before that announcement, the former president had emphat...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu FIFTY-SEVEN years ago, almost to the month, celebrated Kenyan political scientist, Ali Mazrui observed that “for some reason, a disproportionate number of the historic acts of violence in Africa since independence have tended to happen in the months of January and February.” He had good reason for this. In January 1961...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE MANY PEOPLE think – though erroneously – that Man or Woman of the Year, Person or Personality of the Year is given only to saints; even devils have a right to it, and have many times been so “rewarded” in the past! The award is usually a recognition of who impacted lives […]
By Simbo Olorunfemi THAT BABA Obasanjo has an almost child-like emotional attachment to the public-owned refineries under the trust and care of the NNPCL is not in doubt. It is also not difficult to explain why that appears to be the case. He can indeed assert some level of claim/credit for the construction of 2 […]
By Osita Chidoka “The 2025 Budget Paradox: A Decade of Stagnation and Missed Opportunities: Reflecting on Nigeria’s Budget Trends” THE 2025 budget marked the 10 years of the All Progressives Congress leadership of Nigeria. In the ten years of their government, Nigeria’s federal budget has grown significantly in naira terms, yet ...
By Olu Fasan BOLA TINUBU’s 2024 budget, his first as president, was a whopping N28.77 trillion. He dubbed it “Budget of Renewed Hope.” But, as 2024 crawls to an end this week, the hope that Tinubu promised to renew turns out to be a mirage. Rather than experiencing the actualisation of a hope, most Nigerians […]
By Dr. Olusanya Awosan IN RECENT years, Nigeria has faced significant economic challenges, with a majority of its citizens grappling with hardship and uncertainty. Despite these pressing issues, the political class appears largely detached from the struggles of the populace. Instead of demonstrating empathy and concern for the welfare of the ...
THE CHARGES against the trio named above aftermath the Ibadan stampede must have gotten many lawyers worked up and worried on some imbalances noted on the writ. Murder: Subject to three exceptions (which constitute partial defences to murder, and result in a conviction for manslaughter) the crime of murder is committed, where a person: • [&hel...
By Bola BOLAWOLE So SURE of itself, Google boasts that we “Ask anything”; so, I asked, “Why do people die?” The answers it gave are as interesting as they are intriguing. Google says, “people die for a variety of reasons” and these, according to it, include ageing. “The most common cause of death, ageing is […]
By Pius Mordi IT IS an acronym that is in as classy as it is inspiring. In 1999, just as the Fourth Republic was birthed, the governors of the six states that make up the Niger Delta, got together and set up the BRACED Commission – to create a strong regional economy through economic cooperation […]
