Columns

Visible Articles 5 10 15
Beyond concrete: Enugu’s bet on talent and the future, by Dakuku Peterside

Beyond concrete: Enugu’s bet on talent and the future, by Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria has become remarkably good at celebrating what government can photograph. Roads, bridges and public buildings are visible evidence of performance. Yet some of government’s most consequential investments are less tangible: institutions, human capability and systems whose value may emerge only years later. That distinction matters in a federation. Nigeria’s 36 states should be laboratories of […]

Credit to northern governors for NNSTF, by Suleiman A. Suleiman

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

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

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

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 […]