Apart from the D’Rovan Presidential Electoral College fiasco of AD in Ibadan, one other factor that led to the implosion of Afenifere and the AD was the pact we had with President Olusegun Obasanjo over the 2003 presidential election. Contrary to the impression in some quarters that the AD governors were solely responsible for the support […]

By ADEYEMI ADEGBOLA In recent weeks, a series of open letters and opinion pieces have sought to cast doubt on Nigeria’s energy sector reforms, questioning the direction of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and the policies of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. While constructive criticism is always welcomed, these largely non-factual commentaries, with […]

By LANRE OGUNDIPE One of the greatest disservices we can do to history is to allow it to become the exclusive property of those who once wielded power. History belongs not to presidents alone, but also to governors, legislators, judges, traditional rulers, party leaders, journalists and ordinary citizens who witnessed the events of their time. When competing […]

By SUNNY IKHIOYA The Orire school kidnapping ended on a happy note for the whole country, although a sad one for the family of the slaughtered maths teacher, Oyedokun. Overall, we give thanks; it could have been worse. For once, in a long time, the terrorists’ campaign ended in a total loss for them, with […]

By KEHINDE OLAOSEBIKAN  I was there. The President said it. A former FCT minister affirmed it. As a resident since 1988, I confirm it.  I was at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Area 11, Garki, Abuja, Friday night for the special thanksgiving banquet organized to celebrate the successful inauguration of 31 projects across the […]

That shift did not happen by accident. It happened in a context that Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, six months into her tenure as Chief Commissioner/Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), is deliberately constructing.

By Yusuf Kolawole Nigeria’s economic history has been dominated by the exploitation of crude oil, while the country’s abundant solid mineral resources have remained largely untapped. Despite possessing significant deposits of gold, lithium, iron ore, coal, limestone, barite, tin, tantalite, gypsum and other strategic minerals, Nigeria has struggled to convert its geological wealth into industrial growth, […]

By the final whistle, the scoreboard read 2–0. Yet the score told only part of the story.

Infrastructure should reduce uncertainty, not depend on it, but automation fundamentally changes that equation.

Complexity almost never arrives through bad intent. It arrives one reasonable yes at a time. Each feature is defensible on its own.