A new investigative report by People’s Gazette has made a troubling allegation against the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President. According to the report, an internal memo was used to justify setting aside about ₦54 billion from the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), relying on a …
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Igboho, State Police, And South West Security, By Kazeem Akintunde
There is fire on the mountain in the South West that if not quickly extinguished, may consume the entire country. Insecurity, banditry and kidnapping that started in the north two decades ago have now become cancer that has metastasized, spreading to the South West region of Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu …
Read More »NLNG Expands Vocational Innovation Business Empowerment Scheme, Inducts 103 New Beneficiaries
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has scaled up its Vocational Innovation Business Empowerment Scheme (VIBES), inducting 103 new trainees into its 2026 cohort to foster entrepreneurship in host communities. The company said, the induction ceremony, held in Port Harcourt on Monday, marked a significant milestone in the scheme’s ongoing commitment to …
Read More »Why PENGASSAN is hellbent on destroying Dangote Refinery, By Abubakar Alkali
[Friday lines (81) with Engineer Abubakar Alkali, PhD] The answer to the question in the title is very simple and straightforward; the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN wants to destroy Dangote Refinery to maintain the status quo of fuel importation, illegal fuel subsidy payments, inflated …
Read More »Super Falcons’ lesson for Kwankwaso, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines, published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 28 July, 2025). Each time this country discounts tribe and tongue, region and religion, it wins. Nigeria’s stunning victory in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final on Saturday was more than a football triumph. Trailing 2–0 in Rabat at half‑time, …
Read More »Why NASS should make electoral reforms its top priority, By Taiwo Adisa
(Published by the Sunday Tribune, July 27, 2025) Not long ago, I had a conversation with a Nigerian lawmaker who secured what was considered a near-impossible electoral victory in the 2023 general election. I asked him how his David was able to kill Goliath in that election, and he simply …
Read More »Who Will Cry When Our Leaders Die? By Martins Oloja
“When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while you rejoice.”― Ancient Sanskrit saying The word on marble above shows the organic source of the topic. It is from a classic from Robin Sharma, …
Read More »Atiku, Obi and EL Rufai – monkeys of democracy
These ones are just blocking the road. I have started thinking that they just might be working for Tinubu sef especially Atiku Cos I don’t understand how they can’t see that they have passed their sell-by dates and are blocking the emergence of robust opposition See Atiku for an example, …
Read More »Re: Jewel of Inestimable Value, by Nneoma Nocrap
ONE man writes an article about Chief Hannah Awolowo from the panorama of her loyalty to Chief Obafemi Awolowo and everyone ignores what a maverick Mama really was, but of course they concentrate on what is most important; how Nigerian women these days are not like her or worthy of …
Read More »26 Years of Democracy by Iberiberism, By Olusegun Adeniyi
ON 30th May 2018, then Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha added a new word to the vocabulary of politics in Nigeria. Explaining the nature of the democracy being practiced in our country on a Channels Television programme, Okorocha told his interviewer, Ladi Akeredolu-Ale, “If you come to my state and …
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