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 […]
Dealing decisively with hate speech culprits
Perhaps responding to the perceived lack of inclusion in the Buhari government, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, mounted fusillades of hate speeches over his pirate Radio Biafra, calling Nigeria a “zoo”, insulting some ethnic groups and calling for Biafran independence.
Importance of Atiku’s election petition
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, as winner with 15,191,847, defeating 72 other candidates, while Atiku scored 11,262,978 votes.
We need free and fair state elections
BARRING any last-minute force majeure that might come from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC(which has formed the habit of postponing major elections), all is set for the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly polls.
Need to maintain safety on our highways
UNDER the Federal Road Safety Commission Act, Part 11, Section 4 (t), “carrying passengers or loads in excess of the number a particular vehicle is licensed to carry” is a serious traffic offence.
First term blunders Buhari must correct
Once the President is sworn-in for a second term on May 29, 2019 he should be ready for serious business. His cabinet should be ready for submission to the Senate, and a fine-tuned agenda to improve on the performances of the past four years should be immediately activated.
