Cracking down on fuel pump fraud
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority’s (NMDPRA) latest crackdown on fuel under-dispensing is unquestionably necessary, though it is a sporadic routine that is never sustained. Its directive that all filling stations immediately calibrate and verify their dispensers and totalisers, backed by the threat of licence revocation for persistent or serious violations, addresses a […]
Arios! Pope Benedict XVI
TODAY marks the end of the reign of Pope Benedict XVI as the head of the Catholic Church, in a manner like no other. We are witnessing the end of an epoch which last took place 598 years ago – a living Pope is acceding his office.
No Wiretap Law Unless…
A DRAFT legislation the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has before the National Assembly, will endanger our liberties, if it becomes law. Titled ‘Draft Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations’, it would allow unhindered access to communications under the guise of security.
What APC Can Do
NIGERIANS have seen enough mergers to understand them better than those who lead the moves.
Our Disappearing Forests
THERE are many threats to the Nigerian state. The depletion of her forests and general mismanagement of the environment pose one of the rarely-talked about threats. Nigeria is located in what could be called the epicentre of the tropical rain forest belt, yet nearly 95 per cent of her forest cover has gone through unmitigated mismanagement.
Private Jet Craze
OVER the past couple of years there has been an upsurge in the number of private aircraft acquired by Nigeria’s “high and mighty”.
