We see the ongoing controversy over the refined products of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Dangote Refinery, DR, as a celebration of the full restoration of petroleum products refining capacity to the Nigerian domestic market after decades of dependence on importation. In August 2024, Dangote Refinery, the 650,000 barrels per day largest […]

Almost everybody has come to admit that the current security architecture is incapable of protecting Nigeria’s territorial integrity and securing the citizens, which is the first constitutional mandate of government. Over the years, even presidents have stressed the need for change. The current security structure has proved inadequate because it is anchored on the antiquated […]

On February 1, 2025, the Nigeria Police began nationwide enforcement of the third-party motor insurance policy as earlier announced by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The move, in line with Section 68 of the Insurance Act and Section 312 of the 1945 Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance), is to ensure that every vehicle in […]

The National Orientation Agency, NOA, under the stewardship of Lanre Issa-Onilu, and its parent body – the Ministry of Information and National Orientation under Mohammed Idris – have been striving to reactivate national orientation, which went moribund after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The Mass Mobilisation for Economic Recovery and Social […]

The Akwa Ibom office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has made outstanding contributions to the growth of our democracy, being about the only one out of its 37 peers in the Federation to put two crooked professors in jail for electoral fraud. The convicted professors are Peter Ogban, professor of Soil Science, who […]