MORE than six years into the “Change” mantra of the present administration, the World Bank has returned a damning report that Nigeria now ranks bottom – 171 out of 190 surveyed countries – in the access of its citizens to public power supply. Government, as usual, might issue a rebuttal of such reports by authoritative […]

ON Thursday, July 15, 2021, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, announced that it had approved the Russian Sputnik Vaccine for use in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The Agency’s Director- General, Mojisola Adeyeye, announced that NAFDAC subjected the vaccine to relevant scientific tests before approving it. […]

THE governance of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, must be totally reset to enable it  deliver its core mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta.

The move to establish the Electoral Offences Commission is one of the redeeming features of the ongoing attempt to reform elections in Nigeria. On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, the Senate passed the “National Electoral Offences Bill 2021”. Our bicameral parliament is expected to agree on the relevant provisions of the Bill and forward it to […]

THE Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has made a landmark achievement, reporting a sum of N1.003 trillion in the first half of the year 2021, H1’21.  Going by regular trend in recent years, the figure will significantly surpass N2 trillion mark by year end.  Already the H1’21 is about 63 percent of the full year 2020. […]