Beyond Gov. Otti’s N1bn gift to teachers
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 […]
Nigeria’s endless fuel supply anxieties
The euphoria of Nigerians over the stabilisation of fuel supply and gradual lowering of prices over the past few weeks or so, has been shattered with the decision of Dangote Refineries to “temporarily” sell products to marketers in United States Dollars instead of the Naira. A statement released by the company on Wednesday last week […]
As Ogoni clean-up gathers pace
It is so heart-warming to see that the long-touted Ogoniland clean-up has become a reality and no longer the stuff of speculation or propaganda. A recent media tour verified that the yearnings of the Ogoni people, the subject of their struggle and the vision of the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, to restore Ogoniland, are […]
Respecting Rivers people’s mandates
The Senate and House of Representatives chambers of the National Assembly did not disappoint in their virtual rubberstamping of the state of emergency President Bola Tinubu declared in Rivers State on Wednesday last week. He suspended those elected by the Rivers people to govern them for a term of four years – Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]
Adelabu’s predatory power tariffs
About a year ago, Nigerians woke up to be confronted with a massive hike in power supply tariff. President Bola Tinubu’s government, which operates an economic template dictated by the IMF/World Bank, extended his subsidy removal to the power sector. On his Inauguration Day (May 29, 2023) he had announced the immediate commencement of implementation […]
Upgrading street sweepers to minimum wage
The problems associated with contract employment in the Nigerian labour market reared their ugly heads last week when a female street sweeper, who declined to disclose her name, went on a lone protest in Lagos to draw attention to the plight she and her 16,488 colleagues face. According to her in an appeal to the […]
