BUSINESSDAY Opposition fragmentation and likelihood of defeat Lagosians hungry for freedom as guber campaign gathers momentum Investors eye Nigeria solid minerals fortune in new mining rush Digital technology, financial inclusion major successes for banking industry in 2018 Delayed 2019 budget shows signs of fiscal consolidation but doubts over execution November records highest POS, NIP transactions […]
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It was indeed a horrible experience. An experience you wouldn’t even wish your bitterest enemy to go through. We thank God for miraculously shielding us from the barrage of bullets fired at us. We had set out that fateful day of November 6 en-route Uhiele-Ekpoma, in company of nine other priests. Two priests to a […]
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Don Jazzy(nickname) is a community leader in oil rich Otumara, Warri South West Local Government Area where Shell is planning to build a gas project. Don Jazzy who knows that Shell do not want force to be used against oil communities, has confiscated Shell land acquired several years ago and it seems both the federal […]
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BUSINESSDAY Extortion, misuse cloud Trader-Moni ability to deliver economic boost LBS proposes finance-led growth hypothesis to increase Nigeria’s financial inclusion Nigeria’s oil palm import from Malaysia hits 215,654MT in eleven months Mercedes sets new sales record despite market volalility Ogbeh cautions beans farmers in IDPs against use of sniper Market garners N44bn as investors snap […]
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Every parent knows the difference a year makes in the development and maturity of a young child. A one-year-old is barely walking while a two-year-old gleefully sprints away from you. A four-year-old is always moving, always imagining, always asking why, while a five-year-old may start to sit and listen for longer stretches. Growing Expectations vs. […]
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KATOWICE — Today, communities directly impacted by Shell’s abusive practices spoke out as fossil-fuel trade association IETA hosted representatives from the Big Polluter for an event at the U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 24th conference of the parties (#COP24). The side event happened just days after a Shell executive bragged about the corporation’s influence […]
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BUSINESSDAY Buhari, Atiku, like in the past, are making vague job promises Voter Education: A missing link in Nigeria’s electoral process Next president must think restructuring World Bank $200bn climate action targets renewable energy, others Gas to power value chain not viable What Buhari’s return in 2019 will mean to real estate sector in Nigeria […]
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Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and a member of the Coalition of United Political Parties, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), said Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari lied about his reason for declining assent to the amended electoral bill, but Minister for Information, Alhaji Lia Mohammad said, “it is for the best interest of Nigeria”. The […]
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Surviving Nigerian soldier after the Metele massacre has claimed that contrary to statements by the Nigerian Army that 23 soldiers died in the recent attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the 157 Task Force Battalion in Borno State, no fewer than 200 people lost their lives in the incident. He also said that Boko Haram […]
Continue ReadingOne of my memorable early experiences in BPE was a political baptism of fire – an encounter that put me smack in the middle of ethnicity, politics and policy conflicts, involving a company that became globally notorious for its internal misgovernance and deception – the Houston-based Enron Corporation. Electricity shortage have become a way of […]
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