Dangote Refinery is here; why are we unhappy? By Dele Sobowale
“I am beginning to wonder how many fools it takes to make the term ‘My Fellow Citizens’” -Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, in LOST ILLUSIONS You were probably one of those…
*NNPC Ltd and challenges in the oil sector: Banire misconceives the facts, promotes biased views – By Olufemi Soneye
In the face of the challenges in the oil sector, particularly the current tightness in the supply of petrol, it has become fashionable to blame the national oil company, the…
“Country hard, no be small” – Reuben Abati
“Bros, you dey craze. I watch you dis morning, you just dey yarn, You just dey craze. You just dey troll Una dey drink something for that una programme? Una…
Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1)
Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The country’s heavy dependence on crude (not even…
NNPC And Those Who Plan To “Remove” Tinubu By Reuben Abati
“Hello, Bros. Hello. Hello. Hello” “Yes. I can hear you” “Which kin thing be this now? I don dey call you since, you no pick call. Person go dey call…
The Return Of Fuel Subsidy – Reuben Abati
I was away on vacation for just two weeks only to return to meet fuel queues still on the streets of Nigeria with the fuel stations rationing fuel in Lagos…
Nigeria’s naira crude revolution By Abiodun Komolafe
Assuming no unforeseen circumstances, Dangote Refinery is expected to make its first delivery of refined premium motor spirit, pms, to the Nigerian market by September 2024. The Federal Government has…
NNPC, Oando and Atiku Abubakar’s attacks By Temitope Ajayi
By his advanced age and eminent status as a former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is by no means qualified to be an elder statesman. Statesmen are highly…
Elected representatives: Servants or masters?
“Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.” – Cicero, 46 B.C. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC), renowned statesman, lawyer, philosopher, poet…
What good are ‘peaceful protests’? – Abimbola Adelakun
From initially expressing unease about the protests billed to start today, the government changed its stance to advocating “peaceful protests.” It was a smart move. If they had refused people…