Perspectives
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Two reasons Shell’s divestment won’t result in revenue loss to Nigeria, By Ademola Adegbamigbe
After 88 years of its presence in Nigeria, Shell Exploration Company, announced that it was divesting from the country. Will this cause revenue reduction for Nigeria? That is the question on many lips. The Royal Dutch/Shell Group founded Shell D’Arcy, the first Shell company in Nigeria in 1936. In November 1938, it was granted exploration licence to prospect for oil…
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How Nigeria loomed large in Saudi Arabia’s minerals forum, By Segun Tomori
The third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Future Minerals Forum (FMF) has come and gone but what remains to be told is the story of Nigeria’s prominence in the comity of over 80 nations that graced the conference. The FMF, conceptualized to create resilient and responsible mineral value chains in Africa, Western and Central Asia has become the foremost gathering of…
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Birthday tributes to a political titan called Chief Bisi Akande at 85, By Mashood Erubami
The leader of a principal Human Rights and Pro Democracy Group, the Coalition for Democracy in Nigeria (CODIN) and a former Aspirants to the Federal House of Representatives under the Egbeda – Ona Ara Federal Constituency had lauded Chief Bisi Akande, an elder state man who turns 85, acknowledging his tireless efforts in National Progressive politics and unrelenting productive leadership…
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Kidnapping arẹwà, By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir
In what was a thinly veiled move at vanquishing arewa, Islamic extremism engulfed the entire North Eastern part of the country under the guise of Boko Haram and Iswap, waging the most deadly war Nigeria has ever witnessed, successfully annihilating thousands of lives in the region, defying all military and non military approaches to the war. No pogrom in the…
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Politics of shadows, ghosts and apparitions, By Owei Lakemfa
The issues are straight forward. President Bola Tinubu suspended Lady Betta Edu as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. She had been widely accused of not having humanitarian feelings and that perhaps the only poverty she is alleviating are those of herself, family and friends including fellow Ministers. Specifically, a memo had surfaced wherein my Niger Delta sister had…
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My friend, Isa Gusau — A Tribute, By Kashim Shettima
There couldn’t have been a more poignant last chapter to a man’s life than my final text exchange with him. He reached out on December 31, 2023, to draw my attention to a Qur’an recital competition in Damaturu, Yobe State, stating that it transpired without deserving prizes. In his typical fashion, he outlined interventions that could align with the noble…
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Opinion: Bunmi-Ojo has earned his place of honour, by Kola Amzat
Not much is known about the Minister of Interior, Bunmi-Ojo until the provident launched him into the national consciousness with his appointment into the federal executive council as a minister of the federal republic of Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu. He was reported to have been in the House of Representatives for two (2) terms of eight (8) years, and…
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The importance of history, the bloody coup of January 15th 1966 and a tribute to our heroes past, By Femi Fani-Kayode
Nigeria is the only country in the world in which history is not taught. This policy has done us much harm and represents perhaps the greatest, most savage, most brutal and most destructive blow to the pysche, confidence, knowledge, intellectual acumen and mental health of our people. The consequence of this egregious and unbelievable error and grave oversight is the…
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Re-Monica Dongbam-Mensem: In God’s name, go! By Jesutega Onokpasa
I have seldom read an article written by a lawyer that is most unbecoming of learned counsel as the load of crap written by Professor Chidi Odinkalu, which he weakly, and rather quite childishly titled “Monica Dongbam-Mensem: In God’s Name, Go!” In what turned out to be no better than mere profusely pontifical narrative, he accuses Her Lordship, the President…
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Tinubu, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ and the power of creative economy, By Temitope Ajayi
While extolling Funke Akindele, the Nollywood filmmaker for her recent box office accomplishment, President Bola Tinubu lauded the growing contribution of the Nigerian creative industry to the economic growth of the country. He acknowledged its pivotal place as, not just a medium for artistic expression but also a source of enormous soft power and viable cultural export. In his effusive…
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