Oil Theft: Still the Same Old Story, By Olusegun Adeniyi

In an interview with Financial Times published last Friday, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu sounded more upbeat about the Nigerian oil and gas sector than he was two and a half years ago. As an industry player, Elumelu had lamented in March 2022 that the reason Nigeria could not meet its OPEC production quota “is not because […]

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Asari Dokubo, Tinubu and Oil Theft, By Reuben Abati

Asari Dokubo, the self-styled Niger Delta activist and revolutionary who came into prominence during the struggle for self-determination in the Niger Delta finally got the attention that he may have been looking for. He came into prominence in the 2000s as an activist until the Umaru Yar’Adua administration launched an amnesty programme and the embattled […]

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Don’t release Nnamdi Kanu, military behind oil theft ―Asari Dokubo tells Tinubu

Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dokubo made the call after he visited President Tinubu in Aso Rock on Friday. He said Kanu should be made to face the law because releasing him will […]

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