All posts tagged "Nigeria"
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1.4KLEAD STORIESLeadership Crisis in a Recession
My friends that have been tagged “wailers” – because they didn’t vote for “change” in 2015 – remind me in the social...
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1.2KLEAD STORIESOn the Road with Nyesom Wike
By 2019, four Ikwerre men would have ruled Rivers State for 20 unbroken years. The people of riverine Ogoni, Kalabari, Opobo and...
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2.4KLEADTrouble Arising from Lake Chad’s Disappearance
By Chukwuma Ngwu – Many are aware that Lake Chad is drying up and that its gradual disappearance has indirectly given rise...
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1.4KLEADThe First Martyr for Nigerian Unity
A moment before he was shot, on July 29, 1966, Nigeria’s first military head of state Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi reportedly...
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991LEAD STORIESMarket Forces at Work
It’s a bitter medicine we’ve been forced to take. The Central Bank of Nigeria and many Nigerians (including me) have been uncomfortable...
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1.3KIN THE NEWS...State of IDPs May Get Worse Soon, Says UNDP Chief in Maiduguri
“The situation in Maiduguri is critical, there is need for all development and humanitarian actors to scale up their support to complement...
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1.3KDEVELOPINGNew UNDP Boss Points Way to Nigeria’s Progress
Newly appointed resident representative for UNDP in Nigeria Ms Fatma Samoura wants the country to build strong institutions, have a diversified economy...
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2.6KCOMMUNICATION CLINIC8 Gaffes of President Muhammadu Buhari
In less than one year in office, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has racked up far more communication gaffes than any other...
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1.0KDEVELOPINGTaming Our Addiction to Forex
When, last week, some of my brothers – mainly importers of goods from China, Dubai and western Europe – confronted me with...
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1.1KDEVELOPINGWhere Is NEITI?
As things stand today, Nigeria cannot take some important decisions as part of its obligations to the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...