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Rystad Energy's analysis indicates that the world's five most critical maritime chokepoints are facing escalating risks from conflict, piracy, and environmental hazards, posing a growing threat to global energy security. These chokepoints, including the Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal/Bab el-Mandeb, Turkish Straits, and Cape of Good Hope, are vital for transporting…
September 9, 2025
Key Takeaways Western Europe makes up the largest portion of the $43.8 trillion PPP-adjusted European economy, when measured in International dollars. Eastern Europe ($12.8T) outperforms both Northern ($7.8T) and Southern Europe ($8.3T) in PPP terms, helped in large part by the Russian economy ($7.2T). However, by nominal USD terms, Eastern Europe is the smallest ($4.6T), outweighed by…
September 9, 2025
By Babafemi Ojudu I stumbled recently on a video clip issued by the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. In it, she urged Nigerians who might want to celebrate her birthday by giving gifts or publishing congratulatory adverts to instead channel such funds into building a befitting library in Abuja. Some applauded the gesture,…
September 9, 2025
By Femi Babafemi I have had the privilege of knowing Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) for about 30 years. As a young reporter, I observed from a working distance the metamorphosis of a military administrator who was unlike any other—an enigma committed as much to his work as to becoming a paragon of excellence…
September 9, 2025
The signing of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline deal by the presidents of Russia and China was perhaps the biggest news to come out of the two leaders’ meeting earlier this month. It was also the deal that may very well make the new global natural gas flow order permanent, potentially interfering with President…
September 8, 2025
Trust is the everyday currency of democratic life. When it drains away, institutions may keep their names and seals, but they lose their weight. The recent Chatham House/NBS findings do not merely offer another set of gloomy numbers; they describe a social contract under strain. Almost half of Nigerians say they “greatly distrust” the police.…
September 8, 2025
By Tonnie Iredia For the second time in this column, I am today attempting to reach out to one leader who has had the special privilege of serving as a first citizen of Nigeria. The first time I tried it was in May 2012, when this column featured an article titled “Nigeria: If I were…
September 7, 2025
By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 “What is the difference between journalists on one hand and broadcasters, presenters, radio and television personalities, news anchors and talk-show hosts on the other?” You must be familiar with the controversy - indeed, name-calling and abusive tirade - between ARISE TV presenter, Rufai Oseni, and the Senior Special…
September 7, 2025
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced by the government of Edward Heath in December 1970, Lord Hailsham was in the Woolsack as the Lord Chancellor. His father, the first Viscount Hailsham, had served his first tour of…
September 7, 2025
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Rystad Energy's analysis indicates that the world's five most critical maritime chokepoints are facing escalating risks from conflict, piracy, and environmental hazards, posing a growing threat to global energy security. These chokepoints, including the Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal/Bab el-Mandeb, Turkish Straits, and Cape of Good Hope, are vital for transporting…
September 9, 2025
Key Takeaways Western Europe makes up the largest portion of the $43.8 trillion PPP-adjusted European economy, when measured in International dollars. Eastern Europe ($12.8T) outperforms both Northern ($7.8T) and Southern Europe ($8.3T) in PPP terms, helped in large part by the Russian economy ($7.2T). However, by nominal USD terms, Eastern Europe is the smallest ($4.6T), outweighed by…
September 9, 2025
By Babafemi Ojudu I stumbled recently on a video clip issued by the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. In it, she urged Nigerians who might want to celebrate her birthday by giving gifts or publishing congratulatory adverts to instead channel such funds into building a befitting library in Abuja. Some applauded the gesture,…
September 9, 2025
By Femi Babafemi I have had the privilege of knowing Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) for about 30 years. As a young reporter, I observed from a working distance the metamorphosis of a military administrator who was unlike any other—an enigma committed as much to his work as to becoming a paragon of excellence…
September 9, 2025
The signing of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline deal by the presidents of Russia and China was perhaps the biggest news to come out of the two leaders’ meeting earlier this month. It was also the deal that may very well make the new global natural gas flow order permanent, potentially interfering with President…
September 8, 2025
Trust is the everyday currency of democratic life. When it drains away, institutions may keep their names and seals, but they lose their weight. The recent Chatham House/NBS findings do not merely offer another set of gloomy numbers; they describe a social contract under strain. Almost half of Nigerians say they “greatly distrust” the police.…
September 8, 2025
By Tonnie Iredia For the second time in this column, I am today attempting to reach out to one leader who has had the special privilege of serving as a first citizen of Nigeria. The first time I tried it was in May 2012, when this column featured an article titled “Nigeria: If I were…
September 7, 2025
By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 “What is the difference between journalists on one hand and broadcasters, presenters, radio and television personalities, news anchors and talk-show hosts on the other?” You must be familiar with the controversy - indeed, name-calling and abusive tirade - between ARISE TV presenter, Rufai Oseni, and the Senior Special…
September 7, 2025
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced by the government of Edward Heath in December 1970, Lord Hailsham was in the Woolsack as the Lord Chancellor. His father, the first Viscount Hailsham, had served his first tour of…
September 7, 2025
