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The Imbalance in NDDC as it Affects Imo and Ondo States

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 13, 2020 163 0

By Eric Teniola Since 2000 every President in Nigeria has been unfair to Ondo and Imo states in terms of appointments of chairman/Managing Director/Executive Director in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). It does not matter the quantum of oil produced in those two states as long as they are still members of the NNDC, […]Continue Reading

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10 reasons why Boko Haram still shoots and bombs despite defeat

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 11, 2020 177 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah At the rate  Boko Haram terrorists launch suicide attacks, lay siege on the military, kill helpless civilians, and kidnap the vulnerable in the North-East in spite of their sack from Sambisa Forest, it is apparent that the violent jihadi sect has been deflated but not conquered. Not even when the sect is […]Continue Reading

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Why Nigeria has failed to achieve greatness – Kukah

By Theophilus Abbah February 5, 2020 190 0

By Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah Foundations once destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Ps. 11: 3) Let me first congratulate Dr. Bode Ayorinde, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of this august University and thank you immensely for the honour of being invited to give the Convocation Lecture and to also receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree […]Continue Reading

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10 Characteristics of 10 Jihadist Groups Troubling Sahel and Nigeria

By Theophilus Abbah January 20, 2020 254 Post a comment

Just as Boko Haram and ISWAP attacks have led to thousands of deaths in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, so have these terror groups caused thousands of deaths in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. The Jihadist groups include Macina Libration Front, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), Ansaroul Islam, Katiba Serma, Al-Qaeda in […]Continue Reading

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Inside Nigeria’s Failed Vision 2020

By Theophilus Abbah January 3, 2020 191 Post a comment

Ten years may sound like a blurry, distant future. But built into them are minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years that provide harbor for infinitesimal opportunities that transform the lives of men and the fortunes of nations. Men and nations who benefit from time are those who employ their imagination in crafting long-term visions […]Continue Reading

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The Road-block Tragedy in Taraba

By Theophilus Abbah August 14, 2019 174 0

By Danladi Andetu For the umpteenth time, the Nigeria Army is in the news over allegations of crime and unpatriotic conduct of some of its members. And for the umpteenth time also, Taraba State is at the receiving end of this perfidy that has become the trademark of military operations in the country, particularly in […]Continue Reading

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Clinics with nothing : How millions meant for the sick are never spent

By Theophilus Abbah August 10, 2019 286 0

Healthcare in Nigeria is incredibly complicated. Large budgets are trapped on different government levels, only accessible to those who know how to work the system. The Primary Healthcare Centre in Ugbamaka-Igah village in Kogi State, Nigeria, is overgrown with grasses. The labour and patient wards as well as the other rooms of the clinic are […]Continue Reading

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As Audu Ogbeh Takes the Back Seat

By Theophilus Abbah August 9, 2019 300 Post a comment

By Eric Teniola When President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, submitted his list of Ministers to the Senate on July 23, the name of Chief Audu Innocent Ogbeh (72) was missing. He was one of the few ministers who was not re-nominated by the President. And this led to a conclusion that, perhaps, the public service career […]Continue Reading

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Vultures of steel: Ajaokuta where corruption is the system

By Theophilus Abbah July 13, 2019 491 0

Theophilus Abbah If corruption was an issue of the presence of individual ‘rotten apples’ in the state, it would suffice to arrest such individuals to cleanse the system. That it is not so proves the story of the steel plant of Ajaokuta, Nigeria, where corruption has been the system for decades. With a new legislature […]Continue Reading

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Their African way: The business associates who help the kleptocrats (Transnational Investigation)

By Theophilus Abbah June 27, 2019 197 0

By African Investigative Publishing Collective and ZAM team: David Dembélé (Mali), Theophilus Abbah (Nigeria), Charles Mafa and John Mukela (Zambia), T. Kaiwonda Gaye* (Liberia), Estacio Valoi (Mozambique), Purity Mukami with Africa Uncensored, Kenya “You must be very careful,” says the lawyer over the phone to the local reporter. “This is a dark and sensitive dossier. Continue Reading

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Kashim Shettima’s Mega Legacy of Hope

By Theophilus Abbah May 14, 2019 306 0

Some bequeath concrete accomplishments; others bequeath abstract statistics. Some bequeath reasons for serving modestly, in fulfilment of their covenant with their people; others bequeath excuses for failing to serve, breaching the trust of their people. Some bequeath legacies of hope; others bequeath legacies of hopelessness. So, is the tradition of elective and public Continue Reading

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Zenith Bank posts N57b profit in 3 months

By Theophilus Abbah April 19, 2019 207 0

Zenith Bank Plc has posted a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N57 billion in the first quarter of 2019. This is contained in a statement released by the bank on Wednesday. The new profit is higher than what the bank recorded in the first quarter of 2018. The bank’s statement reads thus: “In the first […]Continue Reading