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Nigeria’s balance sheet is not the households—Will someone tell NRS chairman, Adedeji?
IT was refreshing to see Dr Zacch Adedeji, Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, on Seun Okinbaloye’s Politics Today on Channels Television last week. Few senior Nigerian public officials appear to explain government’s stewardship.
Economy · Governance
Projects are not a power system: Is Minister Tegbe confused?
LAST week, I intended to discuss how record-breaking heatwaves are increasing demand for cooling, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) to warn of mounting pressure on electricity systems. Nigeria must treat grid restructuring and coordinated distributed energy systems as national priorities for affordable electricity, industrialisation and economic development. The question is: what electricity system should […]
Energy · Infrastructure · Institutions
Should the NBA continue to monopolise the administration of justice?
MY original intention this week was to discuss a different subject. Record-breaking heatwaves are increasing demand for cooling, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) to warn of mounting pressure on electricity systems. I intended to argue that Nigeria must urgently treat grid restructuring and coordinated distributed energy systems as national priorities for affordable electricity, cooling, […]
Constitution · Governance · Institutions
NBA election: Can Nigerian lawyers guard Nigerian democracy?
THE Nigerian Bar Association recently elected Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, as its 33rd President, making her only the second woman to lead the Association and the first elected to the office.
Democracy · Governance · Institutions
While we rejoice at Oriire release—we must never forget
THE release of the forty-four Oriire abductees after fifty-six harrowing days in the captivity of terrorists identified by the Defence Headquarters as JAS/Boko Haram was met with relief.
Governance · Security
The N/Assembly must get the NYSC reform right
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established by Decree No. 24 of 1973 in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War as an instrument of national reconciliation and integration. Today, the Scheme derives its legal authority from the National Youth Service Corps Act (Cap. N84, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004), a statute […]
Constitution · Education · Governance
From oil producer to energy state: What the IEA means for Nigeria
ON July 2, 2026, the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) unanimously admitted Nigeria as an Association country, bringing Africa’s most populous nation into the “IEA Family”. The agency described the decision as “a major advance for global energy governance”, expanding a partnership that now represents more than 80 per cent of global […]
Economy · Energy · Infrastructure
Is Joseph Tegbe fixing the grid or merely managing the darkness?
WHEN Adebayo Adelabu was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Power, I publicly congratulated him and offered advice to a fellow indigene of Oyo State.
Energy · Governance · Infrastructure
The missing layer in Nigeria’s state police debate
THE National Assembly has taken significant steps toward the creation of state police. The House of Representatives has passed the constitutional amendment bill, while the Senate has advanced it through second reading and referred it for public hearings and further scrutiny.
Federalism · Institutions · Security