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DANGOTE REFINERY'S MANAGEMENT ACCUSATION OF SABOTAGE AGAINST IOC'S

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  The recent claims by the management of the Multi-billion dollars Dangote refinery and petrochemical company against international oil companies on plans to sabotage is no doubt an interesting twist since Nigerian investor Alhaji Aliko Dangote began the construction of $20B Oil refining plant in Ibeju-Lekki Lagos in 2014 under the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration, it was clear that the largest single train refinery of 650000 barrels per day refining capacity was going to put some vested interests for a fight, in a country where the ABA Power plant that was meant to have taken 5 years for commissioning took two decades until completion, due to the entrenched culture of Vested Interests self-inflicted Vultures ripping the soul of Nigerian economy apart... Going into memory lane after the discovery of crude oil deposits in commercial quantities in Oloibiri Present day Bayelsa state in 1958, the first Oil refinery in Nigeria was built by Shell Petroleum Development Company in 1965 in

27 YEARS AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF DICTATOR MOBUTU SESE SEKO'S REGIME IN ZAIRE

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  In the year 1960, Congo gained independence from colonial power Belgium, it was part of a continental struggle to free Africa from colonial rule, exploitation of the continent, and freedom from oppressive tendencies..In the Congo was the Pan-Africanist Patrice Emery Lumumba who played a crucial role in the independence of the East African nation when he was elected Prime Minister of the Country after independence in 1960 alongside President Joseph Kasuvubu, in the events leading to that occasion of a newly independent Congo, was the story a young man in his early 30’s named Joseph desire Mobutu who studied and practiced Journalism who was initially conscripted into the Congolese national army by colonial authorities was appointed as an aide to new Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba who later appointed him Secretary of State in the new post-independent Congo..At the formation of the new Congolese national army after independence he was appointed as Chief of Staff due to his earlier backgr

FG VS STATES LAWSUIT AT THE SUPREME COURT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AUTONOMY:

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  The local Government system is described as the government of the grassroots due to its closeness to the people that had former council chairmen becoming Governors Like Nyesom Wike,Caleb Muftwang,Lucky Igbinedion,I had my personal experience as a journalist with Dividend magazine a publication for Local Governments across the Nigerian federation,it was clear that local councils play critical roles in National development by virtue of their closeness to the people by undertaking projects such as Primary Health centers,Paying primary school teachers,grading and construction of feeder roads,building markets and town halls,however unfortunately since the return to civil rule in 1999 Most state Governors have hijacked the LG System by duplicating the roles of Local councils a classic example was former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko who created a ministry of Community development and cooperatives then appointed a former Local council chairman in clement faboyede who went ahead duplic

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA’S RECENT GENERAL ELECTIONS:ANC LOST ITS GRIP ON POWER

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  These are interesting times for the South Africa the continent’s most industrialised and developed Nation,it is No doubt Africa’s celebrated Parliamentary Republic conducted its recent general elections coinciding with 30 years anniversary of the end of Apartheid Racial System of Government when its was established by White minority elite in 1948,it was indeed a watershed for the Liberation movement turned Political Party the African Nation Congress (ANC) when it was founded in 1912 to fight for oppressed and marginalised Black people of African Descent….The 2024 elections was indeed a major challenge to the ANC which has dominated South African political landscape when it ended white minority rule in 1994,unfortunately many in recent times have accused the party of arrogance and display of nonchalance attitude to the pressing challenges of the modern Post-Apartheid South African State such as huge Unemployment,Rising poverty,inequality and poor distribution of the nation’s wealth am

NIGERIA'S SILVER JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY OF DEMOCRATIC RULE: 25 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY

  No doubt Democracy is defined as the Government of the People by the People for the People, simply put Government that derives its legitimate authority from the people which is symbolized by periodic elections where people exercise their constitutional franchise, From colonial rule Nigeria officially began its democratic experiment from the year 1922 with the formation of Nigerian National Democratic party founded by Nationalist leader Herbert Macaulay which began a campaign for independence from colonial rule, years after we have had series of regional elections culminating in independence in 1960 but sadly after the Military struck on January 15, 1966, which ended the First republic which saw to the suspension and abrogation of 1963 Republican constitution the military governed Nigeria for 13 years from 1966 to 1979 and later truncated the second Republic in 1983 with Military rule lasting till 1999 in total we had Military rule for 29 years…The major casualty of Military governanc

KANO EMIRATE CRISIS: TIME TO RESTORE THE CHERISHED LEGACY OF THE KANO EMIRATE..

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  Kano Emirate has enjoyed that respect and admiration for centuries as the bastion of Hausaland in Northern Nigeria seen as the largest commercial nerve center where trade and commerce have prospered for a long time, however, the recent dissolution of the Kano Emirates of Bichi,gaya,rano, and karaye created by the immediate past administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has created deepen feelings of bitterness amongst people of Kano State…This problem had its roots in the demise of long-reigning Alhajin Ado Bayero in 2014 and the subsequent succession crisis pitching suspended CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who had close links with then Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, contending with other forces sympathetic to the immediate family of Ado Bayero backed by then President Goodluck Jonathan..In the end, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was crowned New Emir of Kano as compensation for the humiliation suffered as a result of his Suspension as CBN Governor by then President Goodluck Jonathan in

DUCHESS INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL: REDEFINING STANDARDS IN NIGERIA'S HEALTHCARE

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  DUCHESS INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL IKEJA LAGOS: REDEFINING HEALTHCARE STANDARDS A CLASSICAL EXAMPLE OF CHANGE It is a well-known narrative that Nigeria’s healthcare sector has suffered for too long for a greater part of 64 years of independence, in the golden years of the health sector University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan now a shadow of itself was arguably one of the best health facility on the sub-Saharan African continent, that hosted the royal family of Saudi-Arabia for best of healthcare provision..In Nigeria’s reality today the Healthcare industry has suffered severe maladministration, decay,mismanagement, and neglect with Stories of Doctors and Nurses fleeing the country in droves for greener pastures abroad, due to poor investments in the healthcare sector from low payment, owing of salaries and emoluments to medical personal, inadequate equipment and poor staff morale a feature very notorious in the public health sector. When Nigeria began its post-independence it became to

CONVICTION OF FORMER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IMPICATIONS FOR 2024 POLLS

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  These are indeed interesting times in the United States of America (USA) where the tide is moving against the immediate past President of the United States Donald John Trump a renowned Real Estate Mogul, serial entrepreneur, TV Star…He shocked the political establishment in 2015 when he threw his hat to run for the US Presidency under the banner of the Republican party having never held a political office or contested in any election before 2015, he won the republican primaries by his popularity as a renowned TV Star with his famous show APPRENTICE which one of the largest TV reality program in the World. He ran against then Former First Lady Hilary Clinton and defeated her in the 2016 elections, subsequently sworn in as President in 2017 where he promised to make the interest of America superior to any country on earth with his AMERICA FIRST SLOGAN, Trump implemented lots of controversial policies like pulling America out of the Paris Climate change agreement, Hostile Immigration pr