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 […]
No to FG’s $800m ‘subsidy’ loan
WE join other well-meaning Nigerians in condemning the last-minute spending sprees embarked upon by the Federal Government and some state governments which have just seven weeks more to vacate the seats of power. In Benue State, outgoing Governor Samuel Ortom wants to build an airport and employ 2,000 teachers despite reportedly owing workers. In Kano, […]
Bill to cage young doctors unworkable
A BILL ostensibly aimed at curtailing the exodus of young Nigerian doctors to foreign countries for greener pastures has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Ganiyu John (APC Alimosho, Lagos), the Bill is for an Act to amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004. According to the sponsor, the […]
Why 2023 elections worsened our disunity
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo’s remark that the 2023 general elections have left Nigerians more divided than ever before cannot be faulted. He made the observation at a seminar in Abuja on Thursday, April 6, 2023. The 2023 elections would have passed as just another contestation among candidates and their political parties where virtually everyone involved […]
A blessed Easter to you!
EASTER is a three-day event but which in Nigeria stretches to the fourth day because of the national holidays attached to it. It is the direct opposite of Christmas which marks the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ on December 25. Easter is a very important event in the lives of Christians because it is […]
Wanted: A new Police Force
THE situation in the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has gone beyond “reforms”. We need a brand-new Police establishment. What we have now is a mere laughingstock, if what we experienced during the recently-concluded general elections are anything to go by. The Police are supposed to be the primary law enforcement agency to maintain day-to-day law […]
