“I left them doing the crying for me and I started strategizing because blindness cannot and will not stop me”

By Jackson Rivers For decades, the people of Ugborodo, a coastal host community in Warri Kingdom, have lived side by side with one of Nigeria’s most strategic oil and gas operations. Their land hosts critical offshore and onshore facilities supporting Chevron Nigeria Limited’s (CNL) operations at Escravos. Yet, in the midst of this enormous contribution […]

By MOHAMMED DAHIRU Recently, a global spike in the narrative surrounding Nigeria’s complex security situation took a dangerous label that aroused outrage, concern, and curiosity on the one hand and downplayed the plight of other victims of insecurity on the other. This created a situation that enabled a dangerously divisive rhetoric that further polarised the country’s […]

When the wealthiest African in the world publicly turns his fire on a Nigerian civil servant and head of a regulating agency, it is never just a personal dispute

By SUNNY IKHIOYA   Growing up in Warri city in those days, one often heard this street parlance: “mugu no go fit be millionaire”, which means, if you are not intelligent, you cannot be a wealthy man. But this is just a small part of it.     In various business and leadership classes, it has been established […]

By Nelson Egware In societies fractured by history, land disputes and lingering mistrust, peace is rarely restored by proclamations alone. It often grows quietly, nurtured through shared experiences that remind people of their common identity. In Delta State’s Isoko Nation, one such experience has emerged through an unlikely but powerful platform: football. The 2025 final […]

By BAYO ADEOYE  To keen watchers of developments in the nation’s energy sector, Jubril Adewale Tinubu’s pedigree transcends more than being the head honcho of a major oil exploration, producing and marketing company. As the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, of Oando Plc, he is one of the few who command a great deal of reverence […]

In the complex relationship between human well-being and economic vitality, population health remains a crucial foundation for national productivity

By James Itodo  The Nigerian oil and gas sector, since its discovery, exploration, and exploitation at the turn of the century, has become the goose that lays the golden egg, likened only to the much-sought-after bride. This is because oil, and later gas, remained the main economic sustainer, accounting for virtually all the revenue utilised […]

By Prof. Mondy Selle Gold Mr. President, Nigeria has arrived at a perilous inflection point, and the recent nomination to the Ministry of Defense has illuminated a troubling cycle that demands candid repudiation. The nation is convulsing under the weight of unrestrained violence, yet instead of confronting terrorism with structural audacity, this administration continues to […]

By Adewale A. Adeyeye, PhD Nigeria’s national security challenges are often discussed in terms of insurgency, banditry, and terrorism. Yet, one persistent and deeply destabilising issue that continues to receive insufficient policy attention is cattle rustling, especially amid insecurity fuelled by farmer-herder conflicts. In a new book, Animal Identification System and National Security: A Study […]

Contrary to the misleading reports, the Supreme Court did not endorse the dissolution of democratic structures during emergency rule in any state

By Ibisaki Willie-Wills Tuesday, December 9, 2025, will be remembered as a turning point in Rivers State politics. It was the day the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara made the most consequential decision of his political journey, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was not a routine defection. […]

MoU signed between FIRS and France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP) recently, has triggered intense public debate

By NICK DAZANG  Be it participating in peacekeeping missions and operations, in salvaging and rescuing embattled governments or staunchly supporting liberation movements, Nigeria has a rich and luminous history. Shortly after its independence, Nigeria played a pivotal role in keeping the peace, under the auspices of the United Nations, UN, in the Congo. Thereafter, it sent a […]