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Peter Obi's March to Victory

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  Various Opinion Polls have placed Peter Obi ahead of his co - contestants

Lagos State and the romance with Touts..

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  My heart goes out to those who died and the injured of the Commercial Bus

Nigeria still dreaming of a National Airline

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  Dreams, they say, die first. Nigeria is

The Ponmo Ban

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 I had almost forgotten about the Ban on Ponmo, until I read of a threatened,

Dear Nigerian Governors

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  I am surprised to read that in spite of  35% growth in Internally Generated

Atiku's Message

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  Atiku Abubakar, says he is running for Office of Nigerian President in the

How did we get here? Petrol went down from $28 to $37!

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 That Nigeria has cultural diversity is well known. That the North has disdain

Why won't we all Stowaway?

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 I am really worried about increasing cases of people stowing away. The

What is there to Market?

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  PMB says those who are supposed to be marketing his Government are not

Like PMB, like BAT

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 In 2015, propaganda undid GEJ and put PMB in office. An amalgam of

Thank God, Ekweremadu's daughter is still alive

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  Senator Ekweremadu's daughter is still alive and she has sent out a passionate

Weeping more than the bereaved

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The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is complaining that Nigerian Doctors are being under valued abroad. She wants Doctors in Nigeria to

Enter King Charles III

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning Monarch in British

BAT and his baggages

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At the inception of APC, Shetima, the current running mate to BAT was one

Where is Amotekun?

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With fanfare, Amotekun was launched. This was in spite of

Nigerians and the love of careless numvers

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In my primary school, I excelled in Arithmetic. In Secondary school, it was

Much ado about Pipeline protection contracts

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 History is one subject that fascinates me. It is quite interesting that people are born every day. With time, the people born yesterday quit the scene and turn their thoughts

The metamorphosis of Julius Berger

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 Julius Berger is a road construction company with a rich pedigree in Nigeria. I doubt if in the last 50 years any road construction company can compete for fame with Julius Berger in Nigeria. There are other road construction companies but Julius Berger stands heads and shoulders above them. The interesting thing is that while Julius Berger is big in Nigeria, in its parent country, Germany, it is almost anonymous. Today, the fortunes of Julius Berger have nose dived. Firstly, apparently, Government found it difficult to pay the company for services rendered. At a time, it was rumoured that Government was paying with Crude Oil. Today, while road construction is still going on in various parts of Nigeria, Julius Berger's share of the market has really shrunken. Perhaps to keep afloat, it is diversifying into Agriculture. In Epe it has  gone into processing Cashew Nuts. I hope the same excellence it displayed in road construction would be replicated in Agriculture. It is strange but