The G7’s decision to release 100 million barrels from strategic stocks demonstrates what can be done to treat energy security as national security. Strategic stocks may include crude oil, refined products or both. Nigeria should understand the warning. A country blessed with substantial petroleum resources remains exposed to supply disruptions, volatile prices, weak refining capacity […]

The commissioning of 50 energy-efficient homes for wives of fallen military personnel in Ibadan is a reminder that the nation’s obligation to those who die defending it does not end with a funeral. Delivered through PHDL, Family Homes Funds Limited and other partners, the homes offer security and dignity to families who have paid a […]

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State deserves commendation for placing teachers at the centre of the state’s development agenda. On October 5, 2026, at the Michael Okpara Event Centre, Umuahia, during the 2026 World Teachers’ Day celebration, he announced a N1 billion Teachers’ Appreciation Fund, to be shared equally among teachers. He also ordered payment […]

There is a proverb that says those who stumble twice on the same stone deserve to break their necks. Nigeria fought a bitter 30-month civil war that claimed millions of lives and left the country torn apart and gasping for breath till today. One of the remote causes of that war—electoral fraud-related violence—is rearing its […]

The recent White House meeting between President Donald Trump and leaders of America’s most powerful artificial-intelligence companies was convened against astonishing advances in frontier AI, reports of systems behaving unexpectedly, fears of cyberattacks and misuse, and an unresolved question: who should police a technology whose consequences may reach every society? Trump initiated the encounter as […]