The case for a Nigerian oil reserve
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 […]
Why The Police Shootings?
IS there a prize for policemen who gun down unarmed civilians? What motivates the police to shoot unarmed, peaceful protesters? These questions are not new. We are askingA them again because there have been no answers.
Worse Than We Thought
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has his unique ways of expressing challenges Nigeria faces. If we believe him, he will leave us wallowing in the hopelessness of situations.
High Marks For Reps
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary moves. The House of Representatives seemingly understood that by holding a session last Sunday to mediate on the fuel subsidy crisis.
Making Excuses For Criminals
CRIMINALS are gaining space in our democracy. They are acquiring the usual rights available to law-abiding citizens in their avowed commitment to crimes of the highest order – murder, arson, rebellion, in other words terrorism. On the sides of the agitations against the new price of petrol, attacks against Nigerians of eastern origin have continued unabated.
A Protest Against Poverty
GOVERNMENT must have planned for the backlash of the hike in the price of petrol. However, its responses so far show a low appreciation of the economic status of Nigerians, the few exceptions being those who live off inexhaustible government largesse at the expense of others.
