There are different ways to dissect the Kemi Badenoch controversy. My observation on the debate though, and I might be wrong about that, is that many of those who have argued that there is “nothing wrong” with Kemi Badenoch’s posture and “truths” about Nigeria, might be confusing speaking up for/to the country, which should be…
Miles away from Alesa-Eleme where Nigeria’s oldest Refinery is situated, one can see the orange tongue of flame teasing the Port Harcourt skies. One might liken it to the white smoke from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican announcing the selection of a new Pope. The flare sits in…
The challenge President Jo Biden must have been faced with, in deciding whether to keep to his word of not granting state pardon to his son, Hunter, over crimes he pleaded guilty to and was convicted of, or extending state pardon to his only surviving son to save him from the clutches of hawks and…
“The two countries-South Africa and Nigeria – are very important in our continent and when the two countries work together, which we are, and we do things together, …
The Nigerian Communications Commission (the Commission) pursuant to its powers,under Section 72 of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (the Act) amended the Guidelines on Procedure for Granting Approval to Disconnect Communications Operators (draft Guidelines). Based on the Commission’s participatory rule-making procedure, the draft Guidelines was published on its website for comments from the general public,…
I am not sure what to make of the news that there is finally an agreement in place which will see NNPCL starting to load petrol from the Dangote Refinery from September 15th, which it will then push on to marketers for onward distribution to service points around the country. There is no doubt that…
When the news broke in January this year that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery was finally commencing operations, coming after years of delays and postponements of the start of production, there was palpable relief across the land that we were finally on the journey to ending the decades-long regime of spending tens of billions of dollars…
“I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up every day armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.” – Professor Wole Soyinka Here we are in Rabat, headquarters of Académie Royale du Maroc, at the “Africa…
Led by the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijanni, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia Solutions and Networks Nigeria, to train young Nigerians on latest 4G/ 5G radio and transmission technologies at…
It’s been only a while ago since Tunde Onakoya, sitting in the heart of Times Square, New York City, playing the game of Chess with his partner, Shawn Martinez, on a stretch of 60 hours, set a new Guinness World Record for the longest Chess Marathon in history. It was a victory for endurance and…
