IN the build-up to the 2015 election, when President Muhammadu Buhari mounted the podium to seek votes from Nigerians, he campaigned on three major fronts. He promised to fight insurgency, corruption, and rebuild the economy. With this three-pronged campaign agenda, the Katsina-born military general turned politician won the hearts of his countrymen and defeated President … Read more
IN October 2001, the management of The Punch sent me to the South-East, ostensibly to coordinate political reporting for the newspaper in the zone ahead of the 2003 elections. I then made Abia my base, from where I roved around the five states. Abia was a natural base because the newspaper had two offices in … Read more
Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) said something about a year ago. While answering questions on an Arise Television programme in June last year, Kyari dampened the spirits of his compatriots when he flatly declared that local refining of petroleum products was more or less, a waste … Read more