The National Assembly is debating the petroleum (exploration and Production) amendment bill, which would shift day-to-day upstream oil governance to the Office of the President. It establishes an Upstream petroleum Unit (UPU) within the presidency, headed by a director general…

History has a cruel way of repeating itself when we fail to learn from the past.  On 3 January 2026, the world witnessed a spectacle that was a throwback to a bygone era of colonial conquest.  That is, the blatant…