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 […]
A Christmas of love to heal Nigerians
TOMORROW, December 25, is Christmas, arguably the most widely celebrated religious festival in the world. It is a day Christians all over the world are expected to mark the birth of Jesus Christ whose essence is love – a man Christendom and the Bible proclaimed as “Emmanuel” – God with us.
Learning from Dubai’s paperless government
LAST week, the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that the Dubai government has gone 100 per cent paperless in its operations and services.
ICC’s intervention in our school abductions
AS the days go by, Nigeria is proving to have lost its ability to maintain its laws and preserve order which are central to development in any society. School abductions have become so easy and devoid of consequences that criminals and terrorists have turned it into a pastime. When over 270 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted […]
Editorial: What #NorthIsBleeding protest means
The #NorthIsBleeding protest, organised against the backdrop of unending insecurity and killings ravaging states in the North, reached the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja at the weekend, an indication that the people are thoroughly frustrated with the prevailing situation and would want their leaders to act immediately. It all began a week ago, when some Nigerians […]
Nigeria’s 56,000 abandoned projects
AT independence in 1960, Nigeria was classified as a developing new nation. But 61 years later, we are among the most underdeveloped and backward countries in the world. All our economic, social, political and human development indices are among the worst while the deficits are among the highest. The recent revelation that there are 56,000 […]
