Mixed Metaphors: “Happy new month” – By Sonala Olumhense
“Happy New Year!” It always has a joyful ring to it. On New Year’s Day, and perhaps for a short while after, it is heard and shared around the world.…
Waiting for the next INEC chairman – By Kunle Somorin
Before, during, and after every election cycle in Nigeria, the role of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission has remained shrouded in ambiguity. He does not emerge from…
President Tinubu Return To Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today following a ten-day working visit to Lagos. The President arrived in Lagos on Friday, September 26, after attending the coronation of His…
Nigeria’s Oil Production To Hit 1.8m BPD Before December Ending — Ojulari
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, is confident that the nation’s oil production would hit 1.8 million barrels per day crude…
Dangote’s Refinery And Nigeria’s Labour Union Dilemma -By Abdulrauf Aliyu
Nigeria has always lived with the drama of oil. From the first gush of crude in Oloibiri to the unending fuel queues that mark our daily lives, oil is less…
Nigeria @ 65: What manner of celebration? – By Kunle Somorin
There is a kind of miracle that does not announce itself with fireworks or fanfare. It does not wear medals or make headlines. It simply endures. It survives the storm,…
Full Text :President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 65th Independence Day Speech
Fellow Nigerians, Today marks the 65th anniversary of our great nation’s Independence. As we reflect on the significance of this day and our journey of nationhood since October 1, 1960,…
Bola Tinubu’s ‘anti-corruption war’ – By Sonala Olumhense
Strictly as a calendar issue, I would never have put the name Bola Ahmed Tinubu and combating corruption in the same sentence because I could identify nothing in his track…
Exclusive: Tinubu Bows to Macron, Cancels Jupiter Permits, Awards $6.2bn Kaduna Deposit to Chagoury
In a stunning move that has already triggered global outrage and the threat of multi-billion-dollar litigation, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has personally ordered the revocation of the Kaduna lithium mining…
‘Brazen Display Of Lawlessness,’ Dangote Refinery Slams PENGASSAN Over Planned Shutdown Of Crude Supply
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has condemned the plan by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to halt crude supply to the refinery. The management of…




