Category: Opinion

Announcement by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) recently that 42 indigenous oil and gas companies have emerged as winners of 49 flare sites in the 2022 Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP) bid process is heartwarming. It comes after approximately seven years of developing the NGFCP, the first of its kind in the […]

By Martins Oloja As I return to my serial on ‘The God of Big Things’ this week, I would like to appeal to my compatriots to continue to see hope in Nigeria. Why do I advertise this optimism? After serving last week’s menu on ‘Truth In A Grave’, I encountered so many critical factors that […]

The appointment of Olayemi Cardoso as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can be seen as a move by the Federal Government to translate her desire for efficient economic management of the country’s resources by allowing competent Nigerian technocrats to lead the way to a prosperous nation. Cardoso’s explanations during his screening at […]

By John Adeoti Who really cares for the poor? Nigerians are among the best in the world in many professions and human endeavours. However, Nigeria continues to stink with endemic poverty, not because it cannot be tackled, but because we have remained unable to organise and deploy the necessary resources required to effectively confront it. Addressing […]

By Martins Oloja My draft for the third edition of my serial on _Time To Serve The God of Big Things _was ready when three significant readers posted my 2017 article titled, ‘_Truth In A Grave’_ to me. All of them urged me to republish the article for this season when all manner of writers, […]

By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, once again, this is not the best of times in our dear beloved country, Nigeria. After we had thought, gladly and gleefully, that no government could be worse than the recent Buhari administration, we are now confronted by yet another monstrosity. In less than two months in power, Tinubu’s government […]

By Farooq A. Kperogi As I have stressed repeatedly, I have no partisan emotional investment in the political brawl between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, or in who is and is not president of Nigeria. My only partisan affinity is with the truth or, to reecho iconic Washington Post reporter […]

By Fola Ojo “For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it; nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, then I could hide myself from him. But it is you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend…” In our twice-a-day prayer […]

Recent demolition by the Ogun State Government of a five-storey building, popularly known as Datkem Plaza, situated in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State is a cause for concern. Not only is it another example of what has become a regular government feature, the manner the exercise was carried out in the night and in disregard of […]