Editorial:Benin’s Failed Coup and Nigeria’s Regional Swagger
Africa’s coup season, like a bad television series, refuses to end. Just when the continent’s self-appointed custodians of constitutional order were settling into their favorite ritual – condemnations in bold…
How Trump’s new travel restrictions will punish Nigerians
America’s latest tightening of travel rules is dressed up as a matter of national security. In practice, it looks more like a blunt instrument; one that lands hardest on ordinary…
NNPC Moves to Enforce $285m Tribunal Award against TotalEnergies
Nigeria’s national oil company has escalated pressure on French energy major TotalEnergies after the multinational failed to promptly honor a $285.2 million arbitral award tied to the long-running Amenam–Kpono oilfield…
The Unfolding “Dangote-Sized” Disruption – By Huzaifa Jega
The landscape of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is in the throes of its most profound transformation in decades, a change driven by legislative reform but supercharged by a seismic…
Is Dangote fighting corruption or stymieing competition? – By Fola Ojo
When the argle-bargle busted through the mainstream and social media space a few days ago, my heart jostled in the cognitive practice of self-questioning. I asked myself what really is…
Tinubu reconstitutes NERC board, Oseni emerges chairman
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), following the Senate’s confirmation of its members on December 16. Members of…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Shameful Capitulation to Dangote
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to accept the resignations of the heads of Nigeria’s petroleum regulators in the heat of a public clash with Aliko Dangote marks a dispiriting moment for…
Nigeria Recovers Just $5bn of Estimated $400bn Looted by Public Officials
Nigeria has recovered only about $5 billion of an estimated $400 billion stolen from public coffers since the 1980s, underscoring the vast scale of corruption losses and the limited success…
From Twitter solutions to ministerial excuses – By Bosun Tijani
Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has once again found himself explaining why governance is far more complicated than campaign rhetoric and social media bravado suggest.…
Editorial: A Security Battalion for Prince Seyi Tinubu
Nigeria is short of policemen, short of patience and short of trust. What it is not short of, it turns out, is armed escorts for the President’s son. When Wole…