Not too long ago, Tompolo security outfit, Tantita Security Services had a brush with the Navy and alleged that the military was involved in crude theft. Tantita has a contract with NNPCL to protect...
Does Africa have economic challenges? Yes, no doubt, but it is not alone. Did you speak the truth about Africa? Yes, I think so. However, as an ambassador of global brands, you failed in...
Will Donald Trump second coming as American President bring any positive change to Africa? I doubt it. In the run-up to the 2008 Presidential election in the US, it was generally believed across Africa...
On July 2024, the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed publicly criticised local refineries, including Dangote Refinery, alleging they produce inferior petroleum products compared to imported ones. He...
Early in his art career, Devon Rodriguez used to visit gallery openings in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood and imagine that one day his own work might hang on the walls. But the dream felt out of...
Libya FA is playing a hardball. First, they now say they will sue NFF for Super Eagles refusal to play the AFCON qualifiers return leg match. Second, they want CAF to award maximum three...
Regional Conflict Favors Extremists in the IRGC – By Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi As Iran and Israel inch ever closer to a full-scale war, the Islamic Republic’s huge ballistic missile attack on Tel Aviv...
To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians – By Peter Pomerantsev In early August, as Ukrainian forces burst across the Russian border on their way...
Sparring on politics and personality, US Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-President Donald Trump showcased their starkly different visions for the country as they met for the first time last night. It was perhaps...
The Nigerian Army says that voluntary retirement, discharge of personnel is routine and in line with laid down procedures as contained in the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service (Officers/Soldiers) alike. The Director, Army Public Relations,...
A grand strategy for a turbulent world – Walter Russell Mead The twenty-first century has seen the return to prominence of U.S. foreign policy traditions once largely considered relics of an outmoded past. Jacksonian...
The World Still Needs America—and America Still Needs the World In times of uncertainty, people reach for historical analogies. After 9/11, George W. Bush administration officials invoked Pearl Harbor as a standard comparison in...
“Let us vote for the best candidate in this coming election, and I want to introduce the wife. Incidentally, among all the candidates, only one has a wife, and it’s our own party’s candidate,...
Telegram messaging app founder and CEO Pavel Durov has reportedly been arrested at a French airport after stepping off private plane. Police swooped on the billionaire shortly after landing at the Bourget airport, outside...
We say subsidy is gone, but we are still paying subsidy, never mind that we are doing so in secret. In an opaque way! Funny country! The essence of subsidy is for affordability and...
Beyond rhetorics, Mr. President’s speech offered nothing new. This is even as it is coming late in the day. I expected Mr. President to offer something that is, at least symbolic, to assuage and...
