Subsidy: India’s template for transparent pricing, supply of petroleum products
Since the pronouncement by President Bola Tinubu on the removal of subsidy on petrol and the subsequent adjustment of the retail pump price across the country by marketers, attention has…
Ahead Labour-Govt. dialogue on subsidy removal, autogas emerges as alternative fuel to petrol
As Nigerians wait with bated breath the resumption next week of the suspended dialogue between the Federal Government and organised labour over the petrol subsidy removal crisis crisis, focus will…
Mele Kyari’s legacy footprints on Nigeria’s oil, gas sector
By Bassey Udo He is simple, unassuming, self-effacing in carriage, but deliberate and purposeful in his strides. Like him or not, Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Chief Executive of the…
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…
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…