Public Affairs
Issues from suspended oil workers strike – Punch
For workers in the Nigerian oil industry, strikes are fast becoming second nature. Their predilection for strikes has often made...
Read moreDetailsTime for full implementation of IPPIS – The Sun
When the Federal Government introduced and tested the Integrated Personnel and Payment Information System (IPPIS) in seven of its ministries,...
Read moreDetailsThe Russian arms cargo plane – Thisday
The ease with which the arm-bearing aircraft is released is worrying The recent seizure and the sudden release of a...
Read moreDetailsBlowing hot and cold – The Nation
•IGP Abba must know that playing god with Speaker Tambuwal’s security is a serious constitutional crime Reminiscent of life...
Read moreDetailsSaving lives through National Health Act – Punch
It is a bit of good news that Nigeria’s health sector is finally getting some plausible attention. For pregnant women,...
Read moreDetailsAverting another round of fuel scarcity – The Sun
As is often the case in the approach to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, fuel queues are building up...
Read moreDetailsOil price drop, devaluation and austerity measures – National Mirror
These are truly trying times for Nigeria as a nation. Within a period of five weeks, the country wallowed in...
Read moreDetailsNeed to erect firewall around banks – Punch
With financial stress looming over Nigeria’s public sector, there is some anxiety that turbulence could once more buffet the banking...
Read moreDetailsBrazen misuse of special funds – Punch
After decades of operating special accounts in the country, the abuses that have characterised their management recommend them for scrapping....
Read moreDetailsStove scam? – The Nation
•Is the N9.2 billion budgeted for energy-saving stoves and Wonderbags well-spent? The announcement that the Federal Government is to spend...
Read moreDetailsCourt ruling on alleged Nyanya bomber – Guardian
The successful extradition of the alleged mastermind of the April 14 bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, from...
Read moreDetailsWaiting for forensic audit report on NNPC – Punch
Not surprisingly, the Federal Government has yet to deliver on its promise to release the forensic audit report of the...
Read moreDetailsImpeachment? Perish the thought – The Guardian
The idea being reportedly floated by some members of the Senate to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan is, if true, ill-timed and at best ill-conceived;...
Read moreDetailsDealing with Oil Theft -Thisday
A member of the Presidential Committee on Defence Strategy, Professor Isaac Olawale Albert, said recently that crude oil theft has...
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