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The Imbalance in NDDC as it Affects Imo and Ondo States

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 13, 2020 173 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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Why Nigeria has failed to achieve greatness – Kukah

By Theophilus Abbah February 5, 2020 201 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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Inside Nigeria’s Failed Vision 2020

By Theophilus Abbah January 3, 2020 202 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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Zenith Bank CEO visits Cross Rivers Governor

By Theophilus Abbah August 13, 2019 246 0

Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; Executive Governor, Cross River State, His Excellency Prof. Ben Ayade and Executive Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Dennis Olisa during the bank’s visit to the Governor to further infrastructural development partnership with the State Government at the weekend.Continue Reading

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Sowore, DSS and language of ‘revolution’

By Theophilus Abbah August 5, 2019 195 0

At the centre of Department of State Security (DSS’) arrest of Mr. Omowole Sowore at the weekend over the protest #RevolutionNow is the meaning of the noun ‘Revolution.’ Erudite spokesman of DSS, Peter Afunanya, justified the security agency’s ‘preventive measure’ by not just defining ‘revolution,’ but provided extended meaning of the word to include: “… […]Continue Reading

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

By Theophilus Abbah June 27, 2019 206 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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Dapsy: father of modern investigative journalism in Nigeria

By Theophilus Abbah June 27, 2019 442 0

Title: Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi Editors: Chido Onumah and Frederick Adetiba Publishers: Kappa and Omega Company, Abuja Pages: 404 Reviewer: Theophilus Abbah, PhD It has been sluggish strides, like baby-steps. That is the journey of newspapering in Nigeria from being a church bulletin, established in 1859 by Reverend Henry Townsend, […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram in Buhari’s speeches in 2015 and 2019 [Data and content analysis]

By Theophilus Abbah June 27, 2019 241 Post a comment

Presidential inaugural speeches give heads of states with a periodic opportunity to renew their social contract with their people. Carefully crafted and pored upon for, perhaps, weeks before their delivery, such political rhetoric are expected to leave sweet tastes in the mouth of their audience. Quotable quotes, take-away promises, renewal of hope, paradigm shifts and Continue Reading

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Is Nigeria a failing state?

By Theophilus Abbah April 23, 2019 183 0

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, mentioned the forbidden word ‘fail’ in his statement in reaction to the killing of Faye Mooney, a Briton, and two other persons at Kajuru Castle last week. One of the two was Matthew Oguche, a 27-year-old, agriculture enthusiast. Senator Sani remarked thus, “The North has lost its peace and […]Continue Reading

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Zenith Bank posts N57b profit in 3 months

By Theophilus Abbah April 19, 2019 217 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

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Emefiele and financial inclusion in Nigeria

By Theophilus Abbah March 28, 2019 185 0

By Andrew Idakwo In developing countries, there is a consistent challenge of ensuring that more and more persons, especially those in the rural areas and the poor, have access to financial services. Therefore, the term ‘financial inclusion’ is a constant recourse when the plight of the rural poor is discussed. Their access to micro-credit schemes, […]Continue Reading

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Let’s adopt 6-year single term – Robert Audu

By Theophilus Abbah March 3, 2019 338 0

Chief Robert Audu is a former permanent secretary who served in several ministries, including being the Permanent Secretary (Political) in The Presidency. He was a member of the 2005 and 2014 political conferences. In this interview Chief Audu argues in support of restructuring in aspects of control of mineral resources, police, prisons, term of office […]Continue Reading