In every community we visited, we heard people speak about the adverse effects that oil exploration and production has had on their livelihood. People’s food sources depend on the same …
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I am the Chief Press Secretary of Governor Timipre Sylva, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. What that means is that I have the responsibility of…putting the facts about the …
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The logic that informed the idea of constant fuel price increment is as absurd as it is fallacious. The history of this same logic defeats reason itself…
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Dear Reader, before you think or say “Oh my God, not another essay about Nigerian corruption from this guy”, please bear with me…
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The real test for Nigeria’s high-profile and high-speed anti-corruption drive has only started to unfold. All transitions are fraught with risks…
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Last night we had a meeting on the state of affairs in motherland and I have been mandated to communicate our dismay to you all…
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Nigeria has faced numerous challenges in achieving sustainable development since independence in 1960 in spite of its abundant human and natural resources…
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Nigeria has faced numerous challenges in achieving sustainable development since independence in 1960 in spite of its abundant human and natural resources…
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Young people have a choice, but perhaps they are too lazy to be bothered to engage their minds with more creative and enterprising endeavours…
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The greatest legacy a leader leaves is not any program. Great leaders make great successors. They build a legacy of self service, inspired followers and everlasting memorial…
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The political process in Nigeria has evolved in a particular direction, corresponding to the characteristics of political activists and the incentive-structure to reproduce the political system…
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The political process in Nigeria has evolved in a particular direction, corresponding to the characteristics of political activists and the incentive-structure to reproduce the political system…
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The recent call by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, to invite the British Police to reform the Nigeria Police has met with …
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The joke out there is that while the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, is at one side of town “fighting corruption,” Obasanjo is at the other end neatly arranging his …
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Leadership is an important element in a democratic institution, where change is the norm. In fact, the power of a leader in a democratic system being derived from the people …
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Apart from the corruption of our political leaders, if there is one of their characteristics that I abhor, it is their hypocrisy…