Public Affairs

The privatisation of the power sector seems to have run its course with the opening of bids for the 10...

•Nigerians should not carry the burden of govt’s inability to tame corruption in the downstream sector Why would the Federal...

Everything appears tentative about the ongoing  National Conference. Yet, the country is at a crossroads A side from the fact...

Humanity owes Tim Berners-Lee a debt of gratitude for the invention of the worldwide web, a breakthrough that now defines...

Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke’s curious claim that the fears of workers’ agitation were holding up the planned sale of the...

The proliferation of various forms of task forces by the Federal Government and state governments has indeed become a major...

•Is this a ruse to remove subsidy? Could the excruciating scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) that has for weeks...

President Goodluck Jonathan recently approved the sack of two justices – Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, Abuja...

Nigeria’s steel sector, especially the Ajaokuta Steel Company, is a perfect illustration of why Nigeria’s industrialisation or attempt at one...

Last weekend, a shabbily organised recruitment test for job seekers wishing to join the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) turned into...

The United States government’s recent report on the role of the government in the proliferation of corruption in Nigeria offers...

When fuel queues began to appear in certain parts of the country a couple of weeks ago, Nigerians were made to...

•The NIS tragedy reflects government’s lackadaisical attitude to job creation Perhaps the most touching dimension of the distressing loss of...

The frosty relationship between oil companies in Nigeria and their host communities reared up its head again in the Niger...