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 […]
Frightening assurances
ASSURANCES from the National Assembly that 29 May reminds the handing over date resound in their emptiness.
Happy Eid-el-Kabir
EID-al-Adha, the Arabic for Festival of Sacrifice or Greater Eid is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Isma’il) as an act of obedience to Allah, before the Almighty intervened by providing Ibrahim with a ram to sacrifice in place of Ishmael.
Fantastic Falcons lead Africa again
THE Falcons can easily hold the record for continental dominance in female football. They have won six of the seven titles contested in the African Women’s Championship — losing only one final in 2008 to Equatorial Guinea, the team they dominated in Sunday’s final in South Africa.
Abuse of Presidential pension list
THE National Assembly’s passage of the law awarding more perks for Nigeria’s former leaders cannot stand. It proposes glaring abuses.
Attack on Obasanjo
OBASANJO bashers should not celebrate Monday’s attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. It does not matter how much they love to hate the man.
