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Dangote Oil Refinery has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to promote the critical issue of Research and Development (R&D) in the oil and gas sector of the country. To display its readiness for this promotion, Dangote Petroleum Refinery was a Platinum sponsor of the 2nd Edition of the […]Continue Reading
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By Mahmud Jega This compendium titled Remaking Nigeria: Sixty years, sixty voices edited by the indefatigable journalist, author, and anti-corruption fighter Chido Onumah is a monumental work that is guaranteed to add rich insight and perspective into our search for a better, more efficient, fairer, and more inclusive Nigeria. As the editor explained in the […]Continue Reading
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By Theophilus Abbah My spirit dwindled and my heart sank as dark-faced military personnel flagged my car down at a mischievous checkpoint in the outskirt of Lokoja en route Abuja. Emerging from the snarling traffic on the rickety road at Felele in Lokoja, I was charged for the two-hour ride to Abuja in my Mercedes […]Continue Reading
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 Armed bandits have partitioned Zamfara State, with each of their key leaders asserting control over ‘territories.’ The following brief sketches on each of them are based on open sources and eyewitness accounts of residents in communities where bandits operate. Ardo Nashawari Nashawari was born in Gusami district in Birnin Magaji local government area of the […]Continue Reading
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The working people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, who overfulfilled the production plan for the first half of this year by 44% under extremely difficult conditions, are scoring successes in the second half with greater stamina. The experts’ analysis is that they are encouraged by the decisions adopted at the Third Plenary Meeting […]Continue Reading
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By Theophilus Abbah The Taliban now holds sway in Afghanistan, a continent apart from Nigeria, but the waves from its activities have always shaken Jihadist enthusiasm in our clime. For the late 1990s to early 2000s, its franchise, Yobe Taliban, who preached the Jihadist brand of Salafi doctrine, created panic in communities. The choice of […]Continue Reading
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From Tony Adibe, Enugu The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Father Camellus  Ejike Mbaka, has said that the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy was just the beginning of what would befall Nigeria if the regime of President Muhammad Buhari did not change and God did not intervene. He also called on […]Continue Reading
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By Francesca de Gasparis and Gabriel Manyangadze The theme for this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) to be held in Nairobi from September 6-10 is ‘Pathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems. Yet 15 years after its convener, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was founded in 2006, questions remain about […]Continue Reading
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Statement By Helen Clark, Board Chair of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand   At a government-run maternity clinic in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, a woman is scared of losing her unborn child. Wati – pregnant for a fifth time in four years – has already […]Continue Reading
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Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country. With a turnover of $1.2 billion, the 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Dangote Petrochemical plant, situated alongside the Dangote Refinery, has been strategically positioned to cater to the Continue Reading
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The National  Chairman, North Central  People’s Forum,  Chief Gabriel Aduku, is a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, the former Minister of State for Health explains the rationale behind the formation of the North Central People’s Forum. He also spoke on other issues bordering on insecurity, restructuring, and Continue Reading