Petroleum import licence judgment: Why the backward integration provisions of the PIA must not be rendered redundant
By Eche Stephen Idoko The recent judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to continue granting and renewing petroleum product import licences to Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano Nigeria Limited and AYM Shafa Limited raises questions about the future of Nigeria’s domestic refining industry and the […]
June 12, Sanwo-olu and dividends of democracy
By Samuel Omojoye IN the annals of the country’s political history, June 12 remains a watershed. No matter how hard its antagonists try, for many reasons, June 12 will continue to be a landmark in the nation’s political landscape. On that day, Nigerians expressed a strong resolve to chart a new course for their beloved […]
Operation Delta Hawk: The burden of staying in flight
By Daniel Reyenieju Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose philosophical works served as wind to the sails of the French Revolution opined that the citizens are the ones vested with the power to change society’s laws. Taken in its most basic form, the franchise of the citizen is more powerful than any leader elected or appointed to lead […]
Gbaramatu’s superiority dance
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke DANCE is an artistic form of expression rhythmically built into man from the womb before expulsion, or after expulsion when man is carried pick-a-back by nursing mothers. It derives the mainspring of performance from the type of choreographic excellence or ingenuity that underpins the dancing fame of Amgbare Embeleakpo, Augustine Ferebo and […]
Gov. Matawalle redefining frontiers of governance, development
Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara state emerged when the state was on the brink of socioeconomic collapse. Before May 29th, 2019, Zamfara citizens were marooned between the devil and the deep blue sea: this was as a result rampaging banditry and other factors
Placing the 9th senate on the scale, one year after
By Mon-Charles Egbo For any legislature to excel in connecting the people to good governance and protecting them from power abuse, or become a truly institutionalized manifestation of the people’s will or sovereignty; it must be a very vigilant one as well as embody the truism that leaders are elected to create opportunities or provide […]
