When I wrote that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, is an animal that eats its curator for lunch, it sounded like a stretch. But so far, the tenure of Bayo Ojulari as group chief executive officer is proving it. This might not be obvious if you look solely at Nigeria’s current crude oil sales.  […]

The United States has sent warships, including nuclear-powered ones, to the Venezuelan coast. The American government announced on November 15, 2025 that it is dispatching to the international waters off Venezuela the warships: USS San Antonio, USS Iwo Jima and USS Fort Lauderdale. They are carrying 4,500 US service members, including 2,200 Marines. The fleet had […]

MANY readers might have read or heard about the initial scramble for Africa, as recorded by historians. It was a movement that culminated in a major political and economic exertion by the major and minor powers, largely pof European origin. The end result was colonisation. In a bid to continue to sustain the economic wealth of their […]

Some of you may already have seen the case study below on social media platforms. I don’t know whether it is hypothetical or real, but I’m publishing it here for Vanguard readers who haven’t seen it before because it makes a very important and interesting point that every Nigerian who desperately wants political change should consider. Akara […]

The commonest riposte by opponents of the call for political restructuring in Nigeria is that Nigeria’s problem is not its political system or its Constitution but the operators. I refer to this as the “culture versus structure” argument in my forthcoming book In The National Interest. Put simply, those blaming the operators of the Constitution, and […]

True, you have the position Is that, however, all that earns you influence in the corporate arena? Far from it! Executives who inspire confidence and loyalty are those who embody executive presence—the ability to project confidence, credibility, and connection in every interaction. In my last column, I highlighted the importance of vocal authority and physical comportment. […]

Shortly after being sworn in as President on May 29,1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo (88) delayed signing the Proclamation of the first sitting of the National Assembly. The delay lasted a few days during which there was suspense. Subsection 3 of Section 64 of the 1999 Constitution states that: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, […]

Nigerians have been made to believe that all they have to do is to sit at home, produce children and donate them to the government to nurture, maintain, train and educate. Nigerians want free medical treatment, subsidised food, good roads, cheap electricity, free water, free education, etc. With the huge damage done to all sectors of […]

Is it not interesting that the media should be giving Nigerians excerpts from the latest book of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, in the same week that the Afam Osigwe-led Nigerian Bar Association is holding its Annual General Conference in Enugu? President Obasanjo is by far Nigeria’s most published former ruler, civilian or military. Even when he […]

“The right perspective asserts itself“–  E. D. Morel Rising through the United Nations system like a star, Kofi Annan’s light shone brilliantly throughout his career and life until his death at the ripe age of 80. His accomplishments as an international civil servant and consummate diplomat are better known than his equally virtuous life as a […]