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Now, every Nigerian owes China over N15,000

By Theophilus Abbah September 3, 2018 175 0

Every Nigerian owes China about N15,000 at the moment in goodwill and in debt, considering the quantum of Chinese aid for development, welfare and loans in the last few years. As at 2014, Nigeria was the sixth country on the list of third world countries that had received aid from China. It received the sum […]Continue Reading

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Tema Refinery: City of Pipes, Tanks and Towers

By Theophilus Abbah September 1, 2018 288 0

  With youthful anxiety for the Friday excursion to Accra’s Tema Oil Refinery, I struggled out of sleep at a very odd hour. I woke up at the dark and unholy hour of 2.00am when human beings were at rest but the spirit world active with unrest. Strangely, I felt struck with an inexplicable nausea […]Continue Reading

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But the “President” is mentioned 22 times in the Petroleum Bill

By Theophilus Abbah August 29, 2018 236 0

The return of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill 2018, harmonized by the Senate and House of Representatives, by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Wednesday coincided with a session on extractive sector (mining, oil and gas) legal framework that we were taken through in Accra, Ghana on the same day. Organised by the […]Continue Reading

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Shocking things Ghana’s Auditor-General said about oil and gas

By Theophilus Abbah August 29, 2018 290 0

In the last decade I’ve been haunted by an opaque expression: ‘the oil and gas sector is opaque.’ What is opaque? What is oil and gas? The simple definition of opaque is “not transparent,” and it has synonyms like “cloudy,” “blurred,” “dirty,” “muddy,” “hazy,” etc. Is the word, opaque, not a synonym of the phrase […]Continue Reading

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5 Revelations from Leah Sharibu’s Audio Tape

By Theophilus Abbah August 27, 2018 270 0

A socio-pragmatic linguistic analysis of the transcript of the audio of Leah Sharibu proves five things. The transcript, widely circulated in the media, read thus: “I am Leah Sharibu, the girl that was abducted in GGSS Dapchi. I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my […]Continue Reading

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10 national issues being lost to 2019 power noise

By Theophilus Abbah August 25, 2018 200 0

The next general election is six months away. Not, government seems to have surrendered its duties to the noise of the power riddle, abandoning many issues of national importance. Below is a list of some of such issues that federal and state governments have relegated to the background in their anxiety to secure ‘the people’s […]Continue Reading

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Sadly, terror attacks leave over 600 dead

By Theophilus Abbah August 22, 2018 211 0

… In Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan… Terrorist organisations that harbour anti-establishment, anti-West, anti-Christian and anti-Semitic ideologies have stepped up their attacks, recording sinful successes and forcing back the hand of the clock where successes seemed to have been recorded in the last few years. In Nigeria, for instance, there have been more than five Continue Reading

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20 Strategies of Boko Haram, other terror groups

By Theophilus Abbah August 19, 2018 244 0

The United Nations Security Council report on the state of terrorist groups in the Levant (Syria and Iraq), Middle East, Europe, Africa, South-East Asia, Central and South Asia elicited diverse reactions in Nigeria. Prominence was given to the speculation that the Federal Government parted with huge sums as ransom to secure the release of 105 […]Continue Reading

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Investigation: 2019 is not the year for the #Not Too Young to Run

By Theophilus Abbah August 4, 2018 267 0

In spite of the groundswell on agitations for an amendment to the 1999 constitution to lower the age bar to enable young Nigerians to scale it and contest the presidency, only 9 out of about 40 aspirants that have shown interest in the top are below the age of 40. President Muhammadu Buhari, on June […]Continue Reading

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100 Dangerous ‘Pastors’

By Theophilus Abbah August 4, 2018 239 0

In February, a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt remanded in prison custody one Pastor Chidebere Okoroafor, who claimed to be the founder of the Altar of Solution Church. His offence? The so-called man of God was alleged to have killed a 25-year- old pregnant woman and two others. Shamefully, the man 32-year-old ‘pastor’ […]Continue Reading

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With N1,000, Suya, visitors gain easy access to NASS

By Theophilus Abbah June 7, 2018 277 0

With roasted meat (Suya), N1,000 or a plate of food, unaccredited persons are gaining entry into the National Assembly Complex daily, investigation by Daily Trust on Sunday, revealed. Our investigation revealed that while petty traders use their wares including suya, plate of food, Moimoi (steamed bean pudding)  to bribe their ways into the complex, visitors […]Continue Reading

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Malami’s case going Babachir’s way – Senators

By Theophilus Abbah June 7, 2018 174 0

Preliminary investigation into embattled former pension boss Abdulraheed Maina’s case has shown that it may lead to a repeat of the episode of the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, senators have said. Lawal’s trouble started in senate when he was indicted in a grass cutting scandal and finally sacked […]Continue Reading