By KENECHUKWU OBIEZU Nigeria is currently entertaining a conversation over whether it is a country of clowns. The conversation was ignited by Kashim Shettima, Nigeria’s Vice President. At an event in Abuja, Shettima described Nigerians celebrating the free fall of the Naira against the dollar as clowns. Particularly, Shettima chided them for their celebrations on microblogging […]

By CHARLES EKEH WITH the alarming rate of environmental degradation in the present century, caused, in large part, by the ubiquitous use of fossil fuels, an eco-friendly alternative for energy production becomes an unimpeachable necessity. One such pragmatic solution is the deployment of solar renewable energy. Imo State, a verdant region located in the Southern […]

By ADEWOLE ADEBAYO There are so many uncertainties these days and our ship of state is constantly missing her anchor. Nigerians are not just questioning the credibility of one another, we are questioning the rationale of our own existence! Life is about change and its constancy. Yet, however much a stable entity gyrates in response to […]

In 2006, the Norwegian government in collaboration with Shell and NNPC did a survey of skills gap in the oil and gas industry and concluded that there was a critical gap of about 2600 competent Welders that must be filled in order to grow the indigenous participation in the oil and gas operations.

Tinubu’s obnoxious policy of oil subsidy removal exponentially increased poverty, caused inflation to rage out of control, dehumanized people, bestialized criminals to be crueler, created an atmosphere for mindless violent insecurity and exposed the t he poor and vulnerable to harrowing suffering.