Right again on 2026 budget
By Dele Sobowale Before commenting, it is vital to provide the reasons for another budgetary disaster – which has become emblematic of the way the Federal Government, under President Tinubu, is progressively ruining the nation’s future. After this failed budget, even the most die-hard apostle of the $1 trillion economy by 2030 must now see […]
Credit to northern governors for NNSTF, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
I have been much surprised that the Northern Nigeria Security Trust Fund (NNSTF), established last month by the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), has not generated as much public interest and debate as one would have expected for such a consequential policy. I think it should. First of all, the very idea of establishing a security […]
Louis Ogbeifun points oil workers, labour towards tomorrow, by Owei Lakemfa
Life is in flux and labour in Nigeria is caught in its crosswinds. To navigate the strong currents of change, and produce a compass, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Port Harcourt Zone, turned to the union’s 2003–2005 president, Louis Brown Ogbeifun. They asked the 71-year-old former manager, Employee Relations of […]
How Nigerian governments encourage corruption
“NEITI audit report probe suffers setback in Senate.” VANGUARD, August 4, 2026 The report by Henry Umoru also stated as follows: • As CBN, NDDC, NEITI, NUPRC shun committee’s summon. • You must appear on Thursday or we invoke our powers – SENATE. The news report, which most readers might have dismissed without much thought (if […]
How Nigerian governments encourage corruption, by Dele Sobowale
“NEITI audit report probe suffers setback in Senate.” VANGUARD, August 4, 2026 The report by Henry Umoru also stated as follows: • As CBN, NDDC, NEITI, NUPRC shun committee’s summon. • You must appear on Thursday or we invoke our powers – SENATE. The news report, which most readers might have dismissed without much thought (if […]
Whose time is it? By Patrick Omorodion
There is a saying in our local parlance that ‘if one man own no spoil, another man own no go better’.? This means that “One man’s loss is another man’s gain.” In 2015, then president of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter was in his fifth term as president of football’s world body when he ran into […]
