The reason the Niger Delta region has remained underdeveloped till today in spite of the huge resources pumped into the area by the various governments, intervention agencies, international oil corporations, oil services companies, development partners, global foundations, other corporate entities, wealthy individuals and community development efforts etc., is simply because the people are more inclined towards defending selfish and parochial indulgences than insisting on fundamental growth and development.
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Winter, spring, summer and autumn. Each period of the season walks on three legs. December, January and February are the three legs of Winter, Spring springs on March, April and May; Summer walks in the sun of June, July and August while Autumn descends the stairs of the season into September, October and November.
Doing business is about taking risks, just like life itself is risk-taking. It is about running a marathon race.
But far from it. Anyone who has sat down to watch Big Brother Naija will know that beyond the house parties, the jacuzzi groove and the banter, there is a lot of education passed in the show.
It is not difficult to explain the anger of this government against Amnesty International and its phobia for public disclosure
Believers must understand that at the mention of the name Jesus, every power, every situation, every conspiracy, every gang up must bow!
We all know the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing, but it goes way beyond that. There are also physical, emotional and mental needs that determine our total wellbeing. As different as we are as a people, so are our needs. While some people need music and tranquility to sleep, some just hit the bed and they are fast asleep.
The State Head of COVID-19 response team, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, disclosed this during the daily press briefing.
The last batch of six states – Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Gombe and Ekiti – was created by the military head of state, General Sani Abacha, on October 1, 1996.
Net profit after tax stood at N287 billion in Year 2020, sequel to the completion of the statutory Annual Audit exercise. What year? 2020. Year of the Coronavirus pandemic,
Before Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960, the country’s forbears were united in their resolve to give the British the heave-ho. They were called ‘’nationalists’’ because their cause, as it were, was for the emancipation of the indigenous peoples inhabiting the Niger terra firma. They fought well
The last batch of six states – Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Bauchi and Ekiti – was created by the military head of state, General Sani Abacha, on October 1, 1996.
First, from me. It is a huge debt I should hasten to defray on account of Professor Oloyede’s uncommon capability to indulge his own ‘ayanfes’ across generations, professions and all, in spite of whatever may be their imperfections but not without registering his disciplined preference for pleasant manifestations of ingenuity, hard work and creativity. He also keeps manifesting all of these qualities which obviously have helped him raise stakes in all his recent positions of high responsibilities
The manner of news reportage in public space is apparently not in tandem with the policy drive of the government of the day, hence the need to reign in such perceived excesses, which have been allowed under the right to the freedom of expression, being a fundamentally guaranteed constitutional right of the citizens of all true Democratic states the world over.
Yes, they came prepared and well mobilised from Abuja for a ‘take-over’ mission in 2019 but a divine supreme ‘altar call’ dismissed their machinations and changed their plots. The rest is now history.
A lot has been written on Alhaji Ahmed Joda since his passing, and a lot will still be written on him. In my encounters with him, I discovered that his humility was his greatest strength. He was a humble man. He carried his dignity to his grave. No doubt, Alhaji Joda was a rare breed.
Growing up at No 74 Bamgbose street in downtown Lagos was one of the best things that would happen to a seven-year-old at the time – 1967! School was a 10-minute labyrinth from home crossing Odunlami street into the Central Library (meeting point with the pupils of Auntie Ayo, Corona, St Mary’s Convent schools) that shares a wall with my school on Broad street.
We the stakeholders of the Benue State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are alarmed at the lonesome bitter and sustained campaign of calumny launched by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on the person and office of our President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.
Supreme simply means highest, absolute. It is the highest authority. The name of Jesus is a great and powerful weapon in the hands of a Christian, especially the prayer warrior. It is always fatal to Satan and the dark kingdom when mentioned by a believer.
Their nefarious activities have culminated into losing more than 38,000 lives since 2009 when the insurgency began.