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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has attained the ignoble status of a long-standing unresolved national mystery which has continued to defy conventional and unconventional interventions geared towards making it function as intended. The NDDC was established by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 with the sole mission of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region…
“It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there” – Mie Hamm A few months ago, precisely on January 26th, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) appointed new Service Chiefs for the country. Rear Admiral A. Z. Gambo was appointed Chief of Naval Staff. He was found competent and worthy to drive the…
In the last two months, several court orders and counter-orders had been issued against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), particularly as it relates to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. On one occasion, the court had ordered the electoral umpire to recognise a particular aspirant as the candidate of a political party…
Kidnapping is a victim crime or a crime of violence that affects the physical nature of a captured population, their lives or even leads to their death. This represents a sharp contrast from non-victim crimes such as prostitution, corruption, among others. It is stating the obvious that Nigeria is faced with an epidemic of kidnapping…
The Federal and State governments of Nigeria have been engulfed by a twin-hybrid issue of value added tax (VAT) and open grazing and there appears to be no end in sight as both issues have snowballed into legal and legislative battles. Recall, that on August 9, 2021, a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt in…
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared a “code red for humanity” in a recent report, giving a peek of the world’s future. Global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control, a U.N. climate panel said in a landmark report Monday, warning the world is already certain to face further climate…
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has often been described as a federation only by name, as the components that make up the country operate more like feeder-states instead of federating units. The national system is designed in such a manner that huge responsibilities are concentrated in the center (mostly through the large powers vested in…
When we mention Gross Domestic Product (GDP), we talk about the total market value of all goods and services produced in a country’s economy during a specified period (usually a year). It includes all final goods and services which are produced by the economic agents located in that country, regardless of their ownership, and can…
A day after the Taliban installed themselves in the presidential palace in Kabul, seizing control over Afghanistan two decades after being toppled from power by the U.S. military, fears intensified about a return to the Taliban’s brutal rule and the threat of reprisal killings. Kabul’s international airport was under the protection of foreign forces, including…
The phenomenon of digital currencies has assumed a wider dimension globally over the last decade with its attendant impact on commerce and the economy often dividing opinions on the subject. The growth in its adoption is partly attributed to massive expansions in the global Fintech industry and the unending search for newer digital investment frontiers,…
