Daily Query

The liberal, independent, newspaper devoted to fair, balanced, and progressive ideas on Nigerian, African, and global affairs.

SEPLAT’S New Empire: Effy Okon takes the wheel as CEO while Tony Elumelu steps in as Chairman to build Africa’s first indigenous IOC

By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson For decades, the playbook for the African oil and gas sector followed a predictable script. Multinational titans—the historical International Oil Companies (IOCs)—extracted crude from the continent’s rich subsurface, while local indigenous firms operated on the margins, constrained by a
June 10, 2026

National Security Crisis: House of Reps summons Service Chiefs, NSA Ribadu over relentless school abductions

In a decisive move reflecting growing national outrage, the House of Representatives has officially issued a high-profile summons to Nigeria’s Service Chiefs and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, demanding immediate answers to the country’s escalating security crisis. ​The resolution followed
June 10, 2026