INDEED, the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari is still an unfinished business, as the dissenting views continues to trail the enactment. Though it is said that “law is law” and must be complied with, a just and fair society always strives to carry the interests of all critical […]

THE call by Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, for residents of the state to take up arms and fight back against the rampaging “bandits” is not new. Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and that of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, had earlier made the same call after federal-controlled armed forces, police and other […]

THAT General Ibrahim Babangida is a Nigerian living legend is beyond debate. Legends are not necessarily saints. They are people who leave footmarks that are the stuff of legends. Twenty-eight years after he left power, Babangida remains a relevant figure in Nigeria’s contemporary politics. He plotted for power and quit after exactly eight years (August […]

IN the more advanced democracies, you only see electioneering activities just a few months to elections. The American presidential system is a little more elaborate, with its system of state-by-state primaries. Yet it does not fully wake up till about six months to the Election Day in November. Political leaders know the importance of spending […]

THE Muhammadu Buhari administration, and of course the people of Nigeria, are very fortunate that our traditional strategic partners (Britain and the USA) are now ready to assist us in tackling our multifrontal insecurity challenges. Seven years ago, when the Goodluck Jonathan government sought help to tackle our insecurity which was only active in the […]