The menace of illegal, unregulated artisanal refining has become a great risk to life

WHEN the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, was sworn in, in August 2023, he vowed to ensure that herdsmen no longer lead their livestock to graze inside the municipal precincts of Abuja. But the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, through its National Secretary, Saleh Hassan Kubah, derided the Minister with an […]

If indeed the Federal Government has resumed paying petrol subsidy, it is just another indicator of policy failure.

The greatest problem facing airline operators today is scarcity of foreign exchange to source inputs for effective operation. The second is difficulty and extremely high cost of credit.

The new fashion now is that senior members of the Judiciary, retired and serving Supreme Court judges and power players in the Judiciary hustle their children, wards and relations into the Bench.

The main problem is that there are so many agencies with overlapping functions and which refuse to work together because of corruption and turf wars.

The world must stand up and constructively manage this crisis. The Jewish state of Israel must curb its wrath on Gaza Strip and its 2.5 million inhabitants.

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, ranks third in the continent in vehicle manufacturing, after South Africa and Morocco. But it has the additional advantage of having its own home-grown multi-purpose auto makers. These include Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, IVM, in Nnewi, Anambra State, which is locally sourced up to 70 per cent. Nigeria also is the proud […]

The vandalisation and looting of railway infrastructure has for some time morphed to an industrial scale in the Nasarawa State axis. In July this year, troops of four Special Forces rejected a bribe attempt by 12 suspects caught with stolen railway tracks and fittings.

Apart from the suspected existence of an insider syndicate, there is a general atmosphere of incompetence and negligent attitude to security, especially within the FAAN.