Inside the deal Zinox Group struck with PREMIUM TIMES over N170.3m FIRS contract fraud reportage
By Bassey Udo On Monday, January 30, 2023, I obtained the certified true copy (CTC) of the “settlement” deal that Zinox Group struck with PREMIUM TIMES over the reportage on…
MOFI: Nigeria’s strategic vision for sustainable economic recovery
By Bassey Udo At a critical juncture when Nigeria’s back is against the wall, the impending reinvigoration of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) comes as the brightest illumination and…
Moses Oko: Jailed without Trial?
By Sam Akpe A certain young man, Moses Oche Oko, has been waiting for justice since January 2022. This month marks one year since he was arrested by the police…
Citizen Journalism & Democratic Consolidation
By Sam Akpe & Mercy Tartsea-Anshase Almost two centuries ago, a notable French writer, Alexis de Tocqueville, offered a controversial description of the powers of the media in the elevation…
Special Report: How Poorly Managed Abattoirs Threaten Lives in Nigeria’s Economic Capital
By Samad Uthman Around 5:30 pm on a Tuesday evening in April in Itire market, one of the popular markets along Mile 2, Lagos, 34-year-old Joyce Bassey was packing up…
Why risk loads of cash when you have fast, secure, convenient e-Naira?
By Bassey Udo Nigerians like carrying their cash. No matter the transaction, the payment is made with wads of cash. The average trader in the market wants to see the…
Seplat Energy-ExxonMobil sale: Another test case for the sanctity of PIA
By Bassey Udo Concerned Nigerians who, all along, expressed doubts about the capacity of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to effectively regulate the country’s petroleum industry without undue…
Nigeria kicks, as allegation of nepotism rocks ECOWAS recruitment
By Bassey Udo After enduring several decades of unfair and inequitable treatment by successive leaderships from member countries with far lesser contributions to the survival of the Economic Community of…
What NNPC’s Commercialisation Means to Nigerians
CSR-In-Action Many of us who operate within the oil and gas sector watched history in the making as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) transitioned to the commercial venture, NNPC…
Is CBN to blame for rising inflation in the economy?
By Ata Udo The biggest challenge the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is facing today hardly appears to be failure to deliver on its core constitutional mandates. Rather, it is…