The FG’s current drive to diversify the nation’s economy is yielding results and the recent launch of the National Gas Expansion Program and National Autogas Roll-out Initiative is proof of this. The initiative aims to…
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“The Hand of God” is a phrase by Diego Maradona he used in describing a goal he scored against England in the 1986 world tournament. The Argentina-England quarter final match had a tense background. With…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria closed its land borders on the 20th of August 2019 with Benin, Togo, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. This was designed to curb the incessant smuggling of goods into the country,…
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There have been constant calls for social media regulation from government, traditional rulers and concerned citizens in Nigeria. The call for regulation has been misconstrued by many, especially young people to mean suppression, repression, and…
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The massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of lockdown measures to curb the spread has thrown the global economy into a severe recession. As Nigeria struggles with the devastating effect of…
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Since it started on November 4, the crisis in Ethiopia has claimed numerous lives and is plunging the country in the direction of a large-scale civil war witnessed in Rwanda in the nineties. Scores and…
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It is in fact a no-brainer that social media has now become an avenue where people slug it out. That is, given the flexibility of social media, people are quick to always post and comments…
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Since Nigeria’s transition into Democratic rule in 1999, it was evident that there was some form of agreement between the six geo-political zones of Nigeria to rotate power. This process, which has been described as…
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Michael Chedoziem Chukwudera It is something which gives one a kick in the teeth to watch how, over the last 50 years, Nigeria has gone round and round in circles without making any true progress…
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In the wake of the easing of lockdown on the economy as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari took a crucial step by vetoing the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA…
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August 17th, 2020, took a monumental turn as Nigerian actors, producers, singers, and the general populace began an online protest, seeking the reopening of cinemas. The online protest, which was tagged #SaveCinemas, gained massive attention…
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The notice issued by the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board (LSFVCB), stating that all audio and visual contents produced and sold within Lagos State shall attract the payment of 5% levy on each…
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As of August 20, 2020, the global number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease stood at more than 22.5 million with slightly less than 800,000 thousand deaths. Albeit, the distribution of cases and deaths…
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The Independent review reports submitted to the Head of the Bureau of the Board of Governors of the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, Hon. Ms. Niale Kaba by the Ethics Committee constituted…
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There is no breaching the idea that Adebola Afolabi, commonly known by his pseudonym, REZthaPoet, is here to stay. The sheer consistency of spoken word poetry production for one, and the ambient consequence of his…
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Nzube Nlebedim One wouldn’t be denying the truth that being a dedicated Africanist and African writer is a privilege. And it sure has its perks, the major one of which is the pleasure you get…
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Agbonmire Ifeh Recently, my memories returned to an incident that happened in Jos Zoo when I was ten years old. My father took us there for one of our Sunday afternoons’ family outings. The Jos…
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From its refusal to allow e-learning in member universities, to its prediction of a 2021 resumption date, the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) seems to have put itself in an unfavourable position in…
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By Tade Ipadeola In the preface to his magisterial book on the origin of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , titled A Paradise for Maggots, Professor Wale Adebanwi recounts an incident that occurred…
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