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Nigeria: From Petrol to Auto-Gas By Reuben Abati   

  The Nigerian government deregulated the downstream petroleum sector with effect from March 19, 2020. The key argument was that the fuel subsidy...

Economic crises and rising spate of protests

By Olukayode Oyeleye NIGERIA, THE LARGEST COUNTRY in Africa by population, has experienced two weeks of unbroken street protests involving the youth who...

Trump’s COVID-19 Infection By Reuben Abati 

        On Friday, October 2, the news channels were inundated with the Breaking News of US President Donald Trump and...

How Organized Labour Deceived Nigerians by Reuben Abati

    I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government...

God-wins, Edo and Lessons Learnt by Reuben Abati 

      The pundits who had predicted the outcome and the nature of the Gubernatorial election in Edo State got it all...

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COVID-19: A Nigerian Update By  Reuben Abati 

    It is now more than six months since Nigeria reported its index case of Corona Virus. On March 23, the country...

Edo, Ondo, The Frozen Daddy and Petrol Tales by Reuben Abati 

      “So this is how we will just adjust to the new fuel price at the petrol stations, and government will...

Situating Oshiomhole’s fictive “godfather” label

By Sufuyan Ojeifo It is a season of incendiary, partisan frenzy in Edo State. This is, perhaps, understandably so. Although he is not...

The Southern Kaduna Question by  Reuben Abati 

      The renewed interest in the crisis that continues to rock Southern Kaduna would be helpful if it produces a genuine...

Edo Guber Poll: Mischaracterising Prof. Gambari

  Democracy would lose its defining egalitarianism if it foreclosed the free expression of viewpoints by its adherents – including often unreasoned, contrived...

NBA vs. Nasir El-Rufai by Reuben Abati

      I admire Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State for his intellectual abilities and what he has been able to...

Bayelsa and Other Stories By Reuben Abati 

      “Sorry about your man” “Thank you” “You know I used to think that this COVID-19 thing is a kind of...

Buruji Kashamu (1958 -2020) By Reuben Abati 

        Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man’s ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but...

Nigeria and Chinese Loans  by Reuben Abati 

      The relationship between Nigeria and China with regard to loans obtained from the latter to fund Nigeria’s infrastructural projects suddenly...

Toast to Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi at 80  by  Reuben Abati 

      Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi who turns 80 this week, on Sunday August 2nd, was our guest on Arise TV flagship...