Articles and Opinion

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Beyond Reactive governance by Dakuku Peterside

Last week, The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) issued an alert warning of the high probability of 14 states experiencing heavy rainfall that...

Ministerial Appointments: How Bill Gate’s Visit May Alter The Equation By Amos Dunia

Barring unforeseen circumstance, the anxiety over names of those that may make the list of nominees to be submitted to the Senate for...

Rescuing the Nigerian Middle Class By Dakuku Peterside

Last week, I extensively talked with a set of enterprising, upwardly mobile young men and women in Abuja. I chose to label that...

Sustaining the momentum of hope By Dakuku Peterside

Nigerians know there are no quick fixes, so they are patient with the President, believing that their new husband, Mr President, is acting...

Deji Adeyanju: An “Activist” Stuck In The Past

Prof. Oladimeji Akere There appears to be an undeclared war being waged against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its Group...

Anatomy of Presidential Engagement by Dakuku Peterside

In the sphere of presidential engagement and communication, Nigeria has had different shades of Presidents, from the docile and absent, laidback, garrison-style communication,...

With his Midas touch, Ashiru redefines OICL’s trajectory, fortunes

By Femi Soneye “Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before...

Subsidy Removal: Exploring the Facts behind the Figures By Femi Soneye

With Nigeria’s total debt stock projected to hit N80 trillion by the end of 2023 further subsidy payments could cause a total collapse...

Fuel Subsidy: Need for Labour to tread softly, Softly 

The Labour Movement in Nigeria is up in arms against the Federal Government following the removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the...

Bye Bye to Subsidy; Welcome to Reality.

By Femi Soneye One of the most important virtues of leadership is courage. This quality more than any other, will determine whether a...

Between the dialectics and the benefits of petroleum subsidy removal

By Paul Njowusi For many years, successive administrations in Nigeria had embraced the scam that the fuel subsidy regime exemplified in the mismanagement...

Hadiza Bala Usman’s 99 errors and Akinola’s grave error

By Ibrahim Sodiq Dr. Bolaji Akinola’s “Hadiza’s Book of 99 Errors,” syndicated in the media last week, is an unmitigated let-down from a...

Inside Mele Kyari’s Gas Credentials

By Femi Soneye In March 2021 a few months before the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) came into force, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the...

Mele Kyari’s Giant Strides at NNPCL, Leveraging Nigeria’s Behemoth

By Femi Soneye When Mele Kyari assumed duty as the Group Managing Director of the now defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on...

Osinbajo’s next move & Mo Ibrahim’s validation

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was in Nairobi, Kenya, this weekend to participate in an event organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The Foundation...

NNPCL And Appropriateness Of The Transitions Within

by Engr Opeyemi Omolade The defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has undergone a series of transitions from its old order to become...