Beyond Resolutions: Why real change rarely starts on January 1
[Sola Adebawo] The turning of a calendar page carries a quiet, almost unreasonable hope. In the first full week of a new year, before routines fully settle and inboxes regain their grip, time feels spacious again. A new year becomes…
NUPRC not leaving Abuja as speculated
By Ibrahim Musa With clear mandates – ensuring compliance with petroleum laws, regulations and guidelines, monitoring of operations at drilling sites, producing wells, production platforms and flowstations, crude oil export terminals, and all pipelines carrying crude oil, and natural gas,…
Awakening the giant of Africa: The clarion call
By Remigius Nnamdi Ekeh “Where there is love, there is neither prejudice nor war nor strive nor pains nor any evil at all. Love engenders peace and justice; and makes the bond between persons, groups and nations strong. Let us…
The audacity and constitutional imperative of HAB12
(Phillip Okey Igwe) HAB12 is a bill undergoing legislative passage into law in the 7th Abia House of Assembly. Sponsored by the member representing Umunneochi State Constituency and others, the bill whose long title is “A Bill for a Law…
Nigeria’s 2023 outlook and the looming danger
(By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D) I am neither a prophet nor a clairvoyant, but fromthe manifestation in mycrystal ball, I see Nigeria in 2023 being shaped by upheaval fueled by miseriesand hopelessness. Agitation reminiscent of the ENDSARS protests will break out….
The relevance of the OUK formula in Abia succession politics
By Chido Nwakanma Both sides of the dispute over the tilt of the governorship of Abia State circa 2023-2027 may find in former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu an unlikely resource for its resolution. Kalu implemented a formula that changed the…
The economic war in energy transition, climate change
Sopuruchi Onwuka The prevailing movement for energy transition and the associated stringent measures to quicken the process hold up a flip side which reflects a silent economic war in which the world’s richest and most industrialized countries fight vehemently to…
Oil is owned by Niger Delta, not Nigeria
For the record and for posterity, it is imperative to state that oil found in the Niger Delta region belongs to the people of the area. It is not owned by Nigeria. God provided every habitat with natural resources, including…
Climate change: Key factors COP26 ignored at Glasgow
By Dr Emmanuel Okoroafor The turnout at the recently concluded climate summit was impressive and loaded with declarations and pledges for net zero emissions. However, whether (and how fast) countries redeem their pledges has nothing to do with what their…
