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The accusation by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) that Dangote Refinery is producing low quality of diesel is nothing but a ploy to kill the local refinery and be promoting importation of fuels.…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE "Local government is not just about politics, it's about people's lives."   - Eric Garcetti At last, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in favor of Nigeria's 774 Local Governments (LGs)! May…

By Festus Adedayo I have, on countless occasions, told the story of how then 1990 killing of journalists, Kris Imodibie of The Guardian and Tayo Awotunsin of the Champion newspapers by Charles Taylor in the Liberian war tilled…

By Festus Adedayo Last Wednesday, Nigeria’s upper parliament became a grammar class where semantics, syntax and structure are examined. His Excellency, the Senate President of Nigeria, Godswill Obot Akpabio, suddenly became an…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Right now, the Yorubas must have to build a leadership that honours their legacy. Again, remember the treaty that ended the Kiriji War, which sparked a rebirth in learning and progressive thinking! This led…

By Festus Adedayo In the year 2000, whilst I was Features Editor of the Nigerian Tribune and a budding columnist with the newspaper, a friend from the PUNCH alerted me that a hunt for my “head” was in the offing. He narrated…

By Festus Adedayo When I wrote Is Soyinka, the god unraveling?, (April 9, 2023) many people thought I belonged to the rank of those misbegotten children who make a pastime of casting aspersions on the literary avatar, Professor…

By Festus Adedayo The Iloko, offspring of Arelu, (Iloko Omo Arelu) are held in awe in Yorubaland. For a people who fought one another in internecine wars that began in 1793 and lasted for almost a century, Yoruba give effusion…

The creation of Federal Ministry of Livestock Development is another wastage of public funds aimed at gratifying hangers-on with compassionate appointments. The Ministry Of Agriculture is already there with all relevant…

I can't help but share the level of disappointment in Nigeria's failed democracy as being regretted by Michael Akpobome Egi, Nigerian business management expert and a chartered power engineer based in the US. As a key figure in…