Editorial: Tinubu’s Clemency Fiasco
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING In the theatre of power, nothing corrodes credibility faster than the appearance of confusion. What Nigeria witnessed over the last two weeks; the release, backlash, and hurried…Read More
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Editorial: Tinubu’s Ignominious Sacking of Service Chiefs
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING When a Commander-in-Chief dismisses his nation’s top military leadership, the country deserves clarity, not cryptic announcements. Yet once again, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has chosen secrecy over…Read MoreEditorial: The Proposed Election Calendar Shift to November 2026
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING In a bold, perhaps audacious, move, Nigeria’s National Assembly has proposed shifting the 2027 presidential and gubernatorial elections from the traditional February–March window back six months…Read MoreEditorial: Nigeria’s Pernicious Plague of Political Defections
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING By every measure of democratic principle, the recent defections of elected politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are nothing…Read MoreEditorial: Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy in the world!
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING There are statistics that wound the conscience of a nation. And then there are those that indict it irrevocably. Nigeria, once lauded as the “Giant of Africa,”…Read MoreEditorial: Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal Paradox
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING Nigeria’s oil sector is a study in paradox, and the Tinubu administration appears content to watch the contradiction unfold. More than a year after the removal of…Read MoreDangote Refinery, Oil Workers’ Unions and Nigeria’s Struggle for Accountability – By Ifeanyi Izeze
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING 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…Read MoreEditorial: Foreign Airlines are Fleecing Nigerians
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING 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…Read MoreEditorial: Tinubu must tackle the Rot in Nigeria’s Extractive Industry
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING 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…Read MoreMixed Metaphors: “Happy new month” – By Sonala Olumhense
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING “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…Read More
Waiting for the next INEC chairman – By Kunle Somorin
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING 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…Read MoreDangote’s Refinery And Nigeria’s Labour Union Dilemma -By Abdulrauf Aliyu
HOSTIFI CHEAP HOSTING 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…Read More