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Foremost Ijaw Leader, former Federal Commissioner of Information and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, declared unequivocally that the South-South region of the country is not part of the current Biafra agitations. He postulated that while the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) might be pursuing a noble cause, the methodology…
In a landmark move, President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law after it was transmitted to him from the National Assembly for executive assent. Some of the key objectives of the PIA (Petroleum Industry Act) include safeguarding the long-term macroeconomic stability of the country, reforming the extractive industry institutional framework,…
Nigeria’s inflation dropped by 0.37% to 17.38% in July 2021, from the 17.75% recorded in June 2021. This is according to the latest report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the Bureau, the decline in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services,…
Homicides are up by nearly 14 per cent in New York, 22 per cent in Los Angeles and 13 percent in Washington DC in 2021. In fact, the year 2021 has been described as the most deadly year of gun violence in the US in the last two decades. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and…
Indications remain strong that Nigeria is gradually moving into the third wave of the COVID 19 pandemic with a steady rise in positive cases of the virus in the last one week. According to the latest media reports, the fear that the third wave might be deadlier than the two previous ones was heightened…
In recent years and perhaps since the return of democratic rule in Nigeria, no other issue has been discussed on a national scale across political and ethnic divides like the subject of restructuring. It has assumed a prominent role in our national space and it has refused to be relegated to the background. The meaning…
The reasons why many contractual agreements with multinational organizations result in endless litigations came to the fore at a 2-day capacity building workshop for negotiations on Monday, June 28, 2021, in Abuja. The workshop was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in conjunction with the Inter-Agency Committee on Stopping…
I saw a video clip of a group of young Yoruba elites canvassing the creation of Oduduwa Republic. The spokesman claimed that they are not even interested in restructuring;, that it is late in the day, but the outright creation of Oduduwa Republic. Carrying placards, they insist they are fed up with Nigeria and that…
Nigeria is presently gathering momentum to pick up the pace to join Kenya and South Africa as one of the few countries pioneering 5G deployment in Africa. The country’s latest move follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and communications satellite firm, NigcomSat, to allow 5G services ride…
Nigeria is in a state of war. A few months ago, the war was in the northeast. But today, it is ubiquitous. The entire country is now the theatre of violent engagement. Up until January this year, and raging as they were, Boko Haram had no Nigerian territory under their control. But today, they are…
