Category: Opinion

Port Harcourt Refinery Early this year, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria urged the Federal Government to privatise its refineries to foster competition in the downstream. This is a sound advice. It resonates with modern business practices. The call follows the modest growth in the Nigerian crude refining sub-sector. The privately owned […]

By Etim Etim The news that Gen. Ibrahim Babangida is set to launch his autobiography next month, 32 years after he left office as our fourth military dictator, is one of the surprises of 2025. But will the memoire answer the many questions Nigerians have been asking? I had long given up expecting a memoire […]

Nigeria’s population is already bursting at its seams leading to immense and deleterious pressures on its socioeconomic health. Yet, alarming projections indicate that a worse fate may befall the country soon. The federal, state, and local governments and their multilateral partners should swiftly intervene with clear population management policies that regulate birth rates and slow […]

By Martins Oloja US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson / Poo / AFP) The return of Donald Trump to the US presidency has sparked a mix of reactions globally, with many wondering what this […]

As President Bola Tinubu marks the midpoint of his tenure, it is a fitting moment to critically assess the performance of his cabinet. Having assumed office on May 29, 2023, Tinubu’s administration now faces its first major reckoning. The Central Results Delivery and Coordination Unit, established in June 2023 and headed by Hadiza Bala-Usman, is […]

By Ike Abonyi “ _My recent election has a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and give people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and indeed their freedom”-Donald_ J. Trump Monday’s epoch-making inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America, USA, is already configuring global […]

Amidst the doubts expressed in many quarters as to whether or not the country’s local petroleum refining capacity has improved, it is instructive that the price of petrol has dropped marginally, giving an impression that all is well with the downstream sector of the industry. The recent spike in global oil prices may dampen that […]

The statement by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa during this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day has deepened the mystery surrounding Nigeria’s counterinsurgency war. On January 15, a day set aside every year to honour Nigeria’s fallen military heroes, he said terrorists who surrendered to troops and those captured were found with foreign […]

Scene of the tanker explosion. Source: @trafficpalava, Saturday’s tanker explosion at Dikko, Gurara LGA, Niger State, which claimed 98 lives is another grievous reminder of how the Nigerian government has repeatedly failed its citizens. Scores of people were also injured, and properties were destroyed. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the victims were buried […]

The irrational exit package recently approved by President Bola Tinubu for military top brass highlights the troubling disparity in allocating public resources for retirement benefits. In Nigeria, military generals, governors, and top politicians retire into opulence funded by the public purse. Conversely, civil servants and ordinary soldiers endure delayed pensions and financial uncertainty. This growing […]