Pitiable, Excruciating Neglect Of Oil-Rich Niger Delta And The Urgent Need For Restructuring

By Abraham Apereseimokomo Alfred The above topical subject, in recent times, no doubt, has attracted several illuminating debates, agitations, resolve, submissions and discourses, interestingly in different fora of the public space by an army of very cerebral stakeholders and leaders of thought from a neglected region endowed with the flora and fauna of an amazingly rich environment called the Niger Delta in the Nigerian state since independence. This paper is very robust and will unearth the alarming degree of ecological damage in the region, nefariously perpetuated by the multinational oil…

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God Justifies The Righteous Always

Former EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu who was disgraced out of office by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari By M.O. Ubani Esq About four years ago or thereabout a woman by name Dr Mrs Ngozi Olejeme sought my legal representation over an allegation that she converted about N69 billion of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) to herself while she held sway as the chairman during the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan.  She was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after she refused to honour their invitation because she was abroad…

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Dangote Insists Factory Price Of Cement Is Between N2,450 & N2,510 Per Bag, VAT Inclusive

By Andrew Onyejuruuwa Following the skyrocketing of Dangote Cement in the country, the Management of Dangote Cement Plc has come out to clarify that the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants across Nigeria (as at April 12, 2021) is N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of VAT. The clarification was made in view of recent insinuations that the company sells cement in Nigeria at significantly higher prices relative to other countries, particularly Ghana and Zambia. The Dangote Cement brand sells for…

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The Uncomfortable Truth About Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu

By Tunde Asaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the BAT is on the road. Twenty years after positioning himself as governor before transforming into the Babasàlẹ̀ of Lagos and western Nigeria politics, Tinubu is pregnant with higher ambitions. On the surface, he seems on speaking engagement missions doling out money to groups and causes likely to favour his political calculations. It is not for fun standing in Arewa House to deliver the Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture, He was in Kano to mark his questionable ‘69th’ birthday anniversary. He has hobnobbed with Sultan…

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