Written by It’s increasingly difficult to ignore the troubling contradictions in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, particularly when it comes to the role of the oil workers’unions. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates, including the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers … Continue reading “Dangote Refinery, Oil Workers’ Unions and Nigeria’s Struggle for Accountability – By Ifeanyi Izeze”
Nigeria has become the most expensive airspace in Africa – an open-air bazaar where foreign airlines fleece passengers with impunity, while the government of President Bola Tinubu stands idly by. Nigeria today bleeds in the skies, as foreign airlines have turned the nation into their most lucrative cash cow, charging Nigerians the highest fares in … Continue reading “Editorial: Foreign Airlines are Fleecing Nigerians”
There comes a moment when a nation must either confront its decay or perish beneath it. For Nigeria, that moment has arrived; buried not in the oil wells of the Niger Delta but in the untapped mineral wealth beneath our feet. President Bola Tinubu has built his political legacy on the rhetoric of reform and … Continue reading “Editorial: Tinubu must tackle the Rot in Nigeria’s Extractive Industry”
“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. The greeting, sometimes offered in the local language, usually elicits a grateful or similar response, often accompanied by a smile and, where appropriate, … Continue reading “Mixed Metaphors: “Happy new month” – By Sonala Olumhense”
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 the will of the people but from the corridors of presidential discretion, cloaked in the illusion of neutrality and armed with a whistle that rarely … Continue reading “Waiting for the next INEC chairman – By Kunle Somorin”
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 a resource than a stage where power, politics, and survival collide. Now the latest act unfolds not in a government office or an offshore … Continue reading “Dangote’s Refinery And Nigeria’s Labour Union Dilemma -By Abdulrauf Aliyu “
It is not often that a gavel struck in a faraway land reverberates with the sound of thunder in Abuja. Yet with one ruling, the Canadian Federal Court has shaken Nigeria’s democratic house to its foundations, placing Nigeria’s democracy in the dock and declaring its political titans – the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC) and the … Continue reading “Focus: Canadian Court Rules Nigeria’s APC & PDP are Terrorist Organizations”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s latest working vacation – departing Abuja on September 4, 2025, for France (followed by plans to visit the UK), only to return ahead of schedule – highlights a worrying pattern: an administration increasingly defined by long foreign stays rather than sober leadership at home. While these travels are often justified by … Continue reading “Editorial: Nigeria needs a President at home, not a tourist abroad.”
Fuel scarcity in Nigeria is no mere inconvenience; it is a national ritual of dread. For the average Nigerian, the words “fuel strike” summon images of serpentine queues, swollen prices, and the paralysis of daily life. Fuel scarcity is to Nigerians what winter is to Europeans: inevitable, dreaded, and socially disruptive. That spectre looms again, … Continue reading “The Dangote-NUPENG trial by fire – By Folorunso Adisa”
On Thursday, 18 September 2025, the six months state of emergency declared in Rivers State on 18 March would have expired and this has led to high expectations among the people. The hope that this would be the case was further raised when Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), former Governor of … Continue reading “Rivers After Ibok-Ette Ibas: What Next? – By Reuben Abati “