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 […]
Prof Is-haq Oloyede at 70
Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, OFR, CON, distinguished scholar, administrator and exemplary public servant, is 70 today, Thursday, October 10, 2024. Oloyede, a highly decorated Islamic scholar, jurist and cleric, is the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. If you ask any discerning Nigerian why his country is backward instead of occupying its […]
Why Senate is “upper” chamber
President Bola Tinubu’s announcement, during his October 1, 2024 Independence Day address to the nation, that he had conferred National Honours on some principal officers of the State, has generated some furore, not only within the National Assembly but also many discussion circles and the social media. The President conferred Grand Commander of the Order […]
Middle East: Averting World War III
If there will be a World War any time soon, it is most likely to break out from the Middle East this time, unlike Europe as in the past. Since the creation of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, they have been involved in a series of wars, skirmishes, violence and terrorism with […]
Niger’s avoidable boat tragedy
The people of Mokwa, a riverine area in Niger State, and Nigerians as a whole, were thrown into mourning on Wednesday last week when a boat reportedly filled with over 300 passengers capsized. The disaster, which took place at about 8:30 pm, happened after traders returning from a market in Mundi went down en route […]
Enhancing NYSC members welfare
Perhaps in line with the recent increment of the National Minimum Wage from N30,000 to N70,000, the Federal Government has also moved up the monthly allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, from N30,000 to N77,000. While this might provide some relief for participants already on the miserly N30,000 monthly dole, it […]
