By Adewole Kehinde “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas Edison On September 5, 2023, President Bola Tinubu arrived in New Delhi, the capital of India, for a six-day official visit, during which he will attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit among other engagements. The President met with Indian business representatives as part of the […]
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By Adewole Kehinde “Arewa Youths storm NNPCL Headquarters, demand cancellation of Tompolo’s pipeline contract (Guardian Newspaper); CSOs Protest Against Pipeline Surveillance Contract Renewal With Tantita (Leadership Newspaper); Northern youth group stages protest, demands cancellation of Tompolo’s pipeline surveillance contract, were the major headlines in the dailies for the past few months, with the latest coming from the Independent Newspaper, “Pipeline […]
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By Federal Ebiaridor, At the twilight of the Buhari Administration, the theft of the nation’s oil resources on an unimaginably large scale had assumed a suffocating dimension. The effect of the daily theft of 400,000 barrels of crude oil on Nigeria’s economy made the reality frighteningly stark in the extreme. The then Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre […]
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By Adewole Kehinde “There was a problem for years between NNPC and Indorama; I stepped in when it came to my attention. I gave them 21 days to sought the issues. Before 21 days, Mele Kyari came to my office to say we had solved the problems. Thank you, Mele Kyari… President Tinubu With the following statement from President Bola […]
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By Chijioke Amu-Nnadi The appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to a fresh term in the newly announced governing board of the interventionist agency offers a few important lessons on how to manage opportunity and promise. Appointed first in January, 2023, by the outgone administration of […]
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By Johnson Kubor Chief Timipre Sylva, is the architect of his own political misfortunes! While many agreed that his administration did not make the desired impact, Sylva must know that his greed to have illegally stayed in office beyond his statutory 4 years was his greatest undoing. The discerning minds should ask as to why or how he spent almost […]
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By Adewole Kehinde “The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence because it’s so rare,” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan President Bola Tinubu would never sacrifice Kyari’s capacity on the altar of any sentiment by replacing the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC Ltd. in the impending company’s reformation. I said this after reading a publication by […]
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By Dr Ben Chukwu Millions of persons From the world’s largest concentration of black people and the most populated nation in Africa have fixed their gaze on the judiciary for over three months now without blinking. One would wonder why?. what they are expecting of searching for?, or rather what are they keeping watch over?. For me, it is like […]
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By Ken Eluma Asogwa. In my March 4th, 2023 opinion article on the Enugu Guber election, I was very categorical in stating that Peter Mbah would not be governor of Enugu State. First, I was firm in my conviction that he would lose the election to Hon. Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party. I hinged my reason on the soaring […]
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By Adewole Kehinde “Build a bridge by extending your hand,” – Ken Poirot My last article was criticized by some members of the opposition in Bayelsa State with many asking me if I am on the payroll of Governor Douye Diri. In the words of Benjamin Franklin, “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have […]
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