Tantita and renewed hope in crude oil production
Then entered Tantita in August, 2022, when it was appointed by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari through the NNPCL
How desperation turns Nigerian job seekers into scam targets
By TAHIR AHMAD “Hear this: recruitment is not conducted on social media. If you see a post on Instagram, TikTok, or WhatsApp claiming to offer Customs jobs, it’s fake.“ That was one of the striking lines from an AI-generated video I stumbled upon last weekend. That was while browsing the internet. It came from the Nigeria […]
Beyond ethnic profiling and indigenous fairy tales in Nigeria
By AMINU JAHUN The wanton ethnic killings in central Nigerian states are symptomatic of a substantially weakened Nigerian state. This should make not only the warring communities lose sleep, but every patriotic Nigerian concerned about the future of this country. The conflict is projected to the intellectual realm by the “immigrant” and “indigenous” brethren of parties to […]
SLAN hails UNILAG on landmark Architecture Faculty
For decades, Nigeria lived with this gap. Our cities expanded without adequate planning. Floods returned each rainy season, forests were cleared, and farmland gave way to concrete
Of criminals and touts
By NICK DAZANG Making a submission on August 6, 2025 at the National Conference of Egbe Awofin Oodua at Abeokuta, Ogun State, with the theme: ”Regional Justice, Security and Sustainable Development”, Femi Falana, SAN, lamented that our politics was in the hands of criminals and touts. Mr. Falana said such criminals and touts paid scant regard to […]
Warri, a distressed and a dying city
By MICHAEL OWHOKO Who will restore Warri back to its glorious days? A city that was once the pride of all Wafarians, is now a shadow of itself, rusty and reeking with aroma of poverty occasioned by systemic decline with people cocooned in deprivation and squalor. Warri is allusively known as Wafi, making the people and residents […]
Nigeria’s economic stability through eyes of Yemi Kale, Okonjo-Iweala
An X thread on Saturday by Dr. Yemi Kale, former Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics, and an earlier statement credited to WTO Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala…
Oyebanji: The homo pacificus of Ekiti
By Omooba Olusesan Alabi One thing that had characterised the political terrain in Ekiti-State was lack of peace. The state was created alongside five others on October 1, 1996. It had a stint of military rule up till May 29, 1999, when the first democratically elected governor, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, took the reins of power. He […]
Canada’s dangerous redefinition of Nigeria’s democracy
By Olufemi Soneye When a Canadian court, last week, declared Nigeria’s two largest political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as terrorist organizations under Canadian law, it wasn’t just an immigration decision. It was a political earthquake with consequences that could reverberate far beyond Canada’s borders. This […]
VAPP Act 2015: Is FGM law reel or real
By Anthony Okechukwu The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act 2015, which was signed into law by the Federal Government, outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation in Nigeria; nonetheless, the crime is still common and victims are often left in silence. In this write up, the pains of victims, and how enforcement of the law has […]
Court of Appeal judgement: Distortion of facts about FRSC by naysayers
By Abdul Jelil Adebayo Ignorance is not an excuse, it is always advisable to always put on a thinking cap before discussing and taking a conclusive stand on government agencies. The court ruled that FRSC can’t seize document or driver’s license without intending to change the motorist to competent court. Those who are not happy […]
