Nigeria: Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) Needs Adaptive Reconciliation
The much debated and contentious Petroleum Industry Bill 2012 is a quantum leap in the remaking of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, if and when it becomes the law of the land…
Emeka Chiakwelu
Emeka Chiakwelu is the Principal Policy Strategist at Afripol Organization. Africa Political and Economic Strategic Center (Afripol) is foremost a public policy center whose fundamental objective is to broaden the parameters of public policy debates in Africa. To advocate, promote and encourage free enterprise, democracy, sustainable green environment, human rights, conflict resolutions, transparency and probity in Africa. http://afripol.org. strategist@afripol.org
The Triumph of decency in Ekiti Election: Nigerian Civilization according to Ekiti
The victory of Ayodele Fayose of the People’s Democratic Party over incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress cannot be over emphasized. Without doubt, it was a huge victory and certainly the news of the hour…
Kayode Fayemi: Diminished Social Capital and pursuit of Indirect Rule
The victory by Fayose was almost incredible because he overwhelmingly defeated Governor Fayemi. Political observers and pundits were stunned by the zenith of the defeat…
#BringBackOurGirls: President Jonathan is building a coalition of the Willing
Chibok will never be same again. Chibok, a sleepy village in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria lost almost 300 girls to the menacing Boko Haram. The Islamic terrorist group has been causing havoc in Nigeria…
Presidential Debate: Please may 2008 Obama stand up
Mr. President, say your prayers and drink lots of water to calm your nerves; Paul Ryan is a testament to that…
US To Export Oil: Nigeria loses revenue and market by 2014
Even with the myriad sources of oil supply to America, it has not abandoned oil drilling and exploration within continental America. It is a goal and principal task among oil explorers in the United States to make a quantifiable difference in supply of energy for internal consumption…
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is Nigeria's greatest link not weakest
It was an interesting and engaging article – Ngozi Iweala: Nigeria’s weakest link – written by one Sonala Olumhense. It was not that the piece was illuminating the encumbrances in the affairs of Nigeria’s contemporary democratic dispensation that made it compelling but for the acute misunderstanding on the role and achievements of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala…
Mitt Romney Policy on Africa Needs Specificity
The contemporary Africa is not your grandfather’s Africa. Many countries in Africa including Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and others are now classified as emerging economies. While the rest of world are mired in recession and anemic economic growth, Africa economy has been growing…
Gov. Obi: Jobs as antidote to insecurity and criminality in Anambra
The fundamental role of government, which is without doubt the most important function of government, is the protection of life and property. Anambra State’s center of normality is being swept away and distorted by insecurity…
Nigeria 5,000 Naira note: What is Central Bank of Nigeria thinking?
How long will it take Nigerian policy makers to come out from their self imposed bubble and comprehend that the policy decision they make can have adverse consequences?