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Nigeria’s Separation of Oil and Gas Ministries: A masterstroke for economic growth

By Dr. Owolabi Ajibade As a country, the management of our energy resources plays a crucial role in shaping our economic stability, environmental sustainability, and energy security. Nigeria, with its vast natural gas reserves estimated to exceed 208 trillion cubic feet (TCF), holds the potential to become a key player in the global natural gas ...

Osun’s maladministration: When will Dr. Deji Adeleke address that press conference?

Fixing Africa’s under-development through novel leadership set

Can the economic problem of Nigeria be solved?

Osun: Adeleke’s one year of colossal waste

Iragbiji day: UN-SDGs, Coastal Guard in focus

The essential Atiku

...Leadership is not a pleasure but a deep and heavy responsibility — George Orwell By Paul Ibe From the get-go, he set his eyes on the horizon, visualising the big portrait that would later show him to the world as a leader, mentor, politician, businessman, and fulfilled family man. The journey was often punctuated by bumps, some ...

The goldfish in JAMB

By Kunle Akogun For keen watchers and followers of his enthralling trajectory, the recent news that the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has become a hot cake for five African countries that desperately covet his services, is not surprising nor is it unexpected. His sterling ...

From COP27 to COP28: Key factors for Africa ahead of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference

By Tshepo Ntsane The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) represents an important international forum for countries to gather to discuss and address global climate change issues. However, to date these conferences have tended to be high level and process based, and COP 27 was no ...

Government extolled on efforts at repositioning Nigeria — C&S Church

By Isaac Olusesi Nigeria’s pursuit of peace and development, away from the scourge of insecurity and social injustice lies at the heart of the nation’s harmonious existence as the government endeavours at better quality of life for the governed. His Grace, Baba Aladua Prophet Samuel Adefila Abidoye dropped the hints at the 83rd international conference ...

Oil market predictions and what they mean for Africa

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency, it’s still difficult to fully grasp the far-reaching damage the pandemic has inflicted, from the tremendous toll on lives to economic devastation. The chaos certainly was felt in the oil industry, ...

Transforming Nigeria’s oil and gas industry: Overcoming challenges by employing advanced technologies

The Nigerian economy depends significantly on the oil and gas sector. Despite persistent challenges, recent technological advancements, including robotics, advanced instrumentation, drones, and rapid progress in artificial intelligence solutions, are bringing about a transformative era for the industry. This article explores the potential of these cutting-edge technologies to enhance sub-surface production monitoring, enabling real-time measurement, ...

Re-imagining community innovation spaces and digital labs: Platforms for serendipity

By Dr Bosun Tijani Following a series of engagements with my colleagues from the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and our agencies, I am pleased to share a comprehensive map highlighting community spaces and digital labs supported by the ministry and agencies, including USPF, NCC and NITDA. The spaces on the map ...

Osun: Who’s really in-charge of the state’s affairs?

By Waheed Adekunle Painstaking assessments of the happenings within the corridor of power in Osun state are disheartening and disturbing: outcome is capable of raising the public curiosity as to who is really in-charge of the affairs of the state. The quest to establish whether or not the affairs of the state are being run ...

The significance of the IT department in the hybrid era

By Emmanuel Asika, Country Head, HP Nigeria There’s no doubt that hybrid work has become the new norm, an irreversible way of working. This necessitates every business leader to not only establish a secure and interconnected flexible workplace but also provide the right tools to enhance employee collaboration, communication, productivity, and, most importantly, well-being. Many ...

2023 Kogi Guber Election: Letter to Senator Natasha

By Ismail Omipidan I have never met Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before. But I have followed her political engagements over the years. She comes across as a politically savvy Nigerian, who is passionate about addressing the plight of her people. This is why I am reaching out to you today with this message. Before I proceed ...

On Nigerian Stockbrokers and the Abeokuta Agenda

By Sola Oni The trends in the global financial markets have become a wake-up call for those who manage the Nigerian economy. In Nigeria, the inflation rate hit 26.72 percent in September, but this is a mere official figure.The Naira has been devalued by almost 1000 percent. Exchange of the Naira to Dollar and other ...

Cybersecurity management in Nigerian corporate organisations: An imperative for national security

By Erhomo Richard Egbedi The rise in digitalisation underscores the crucial role of cybersecurity. Nigeria’s corporate sphere magnifies the significance. This research examines the cybersecurity management structures within Nigerian corporations, focusing on the assets, threats, and vulnerabilities they face. The global digital landscape is rapidly changing, amplifying the importance of cybersecurity. For Nigerian corporate entities, ...

Securing Nigeria pluck by pluck

By Fredrick Nwabufo Excellence needs no hype, makeover, or agitprop. Good work manifests itself in palpable reality. The security bent of the Tinubu administration is an exercise of deliberate, coordinated, meticulous and prescient deployment of strategies and actions to secure Nigeria. It is securing Nigeria pluck by pluck — with inexorable courage, purpose, and urgency. ...

African Governance and renaissance reality question

By Mayozi John Africa has a complex and longstanding challenge with governance. It is not surprising therefore that the continent is at the bottom of the development ladder, despite its over 1.2 billion population, land mass of over 30 million square kilometers and abundant natural resources. To the discerning, beneath the African skies, a complex ...

On Presidential yacht and other matters

By Temitope Ajayi It has become a pattern for some individuals, CSOs and a section of the media to pick one or two line items every budget cycle for sensational headlines, deliberately ignoring context in their reporting. The public that should benefit from good journalism, which should primarily educate and adequately inform, is left confused ...

Sanwo-Olu: A Governor at work

By Gbenga Omotoso When does a Governor sleep? No – I take that back; it’s wrongly framed. When does Mr Governor sleep? Sorry; I should be clearer and precise. When does Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sleep? This is the question some of my professional colleagues have been asking me since last week. One observed that ...

Osun phoney N100bn infrastructure: Adekele’s misplacement of priorities and politics of deception

By Waheed Adekunle While the development of infrastructure is universally viewed as important to advancing the collective cause of socio-economic development, and seen as productivity stimulant and enhancer of the quality of life, it is apposite not to be misplaced for the purpose of deception. It is no more news that the Osun state government, ...

Of Bala Mohammed, Ajibade Onibokun’s purity of political struggle

By Isaac Olusesi When Richard Weaver wrote “ideas have consequences but when it comes to working their way through society, it normally takes a generation of ideas to flower in effective direction,” he perfectly, had in mind the purity of Prince Ajibade Onibokun’s unrepentant political struggle that emancipated his Ijesa North Federal Constituency of Osun ...

An urgent call for the reformation of the Federal Fire Service in Nigeria

In a recent address, the Honorable Minister of Interior Affairs emphasized the critical role played by the Fire Service in a country's development, stating, "For any nation to reach its full potential, the Fire Service must not be overlooked. I say this to the Federal Fire Service (FFS): you are a dormant giant. The time ...

Oyetola: The worth of a ministerial community reception

By Jimoh Olorede On Saturday, September 9, 2023, Iragbiji, the hometown of the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, played host to a large number of dignitaries and all manner of personalities from all walks of life who gathered to celebrate the immediate-past Governor of Osun State, who is an illustrious son ...

Budget of booby traps

By Dakuku Peterside There is a deafening silence in the land over the state of the economy. No right-thinking person can take this silence or mood of the nation for granted. This eery silence is invariably linked to a cost-of-living crisis, exchange rate crisis, uncanny economic uncertainties and other unfavourable economic variables hovering over Nigeria ...

Can the economic problem of Nigeria be solved?

...Taking Nigeria out of its unfavourable state to a favourable state – addressing budget deficit, balance of payment in relation to foreign policy Olamirewaju Olatunde A government that owes international countries will be forced to pursue foreign policy toward other countries that will be detrimental to the country. The purpose of this article is to ...

Osun Govt and its congenital hypocrisy

By Waheed Adekunle The current situation in Osun has become a focal point of attention, while juxtaposing the impact of the present administration to its counterparts especially in the southwestern Nigeria. It is crystal clear that the snail-pace of socioeconomic and infrastructural developments has become a serious topic for discussion among residents of the state ...

Muhammad Abu Ibrahim, Executive Secretary NADF: A round peg in a round hole

By Ibrahim Maigari Ahmadu This is one appointment by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that has gotten me excited beyond measure because of the quality, experience, and passion for the development of agriculture in Nigeria of the person appointed. Muhammad has been my business partner for over 20 ...

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