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Crude oil, often referred to as “black gold”, was first struck in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri, now part of Bayelsa state, in the Niger Delta Region of the country. This followed a long period of search by Shell-BP. With the discovery,…

In February 2023, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation will be going to the polls to elect a new President and members of the Country’s Parliament. This will be followed in March 2023 by elections into the 36 State Houses of…

Telecommunication facilities in Nigeria were first established in 1886 by the colonial administration. These facilities helped to discharge administrative functions rather than drive socio-economic development of the country. As a…

As in many countries around the world, corruption in Nigeria dates back to the pre-independence era. In post-colonial Nigeria, corruption had become prevalent but was practiced covertly. By the beginning of native administration and the…

Abraham Lincoln, a former American President in 1863 defined democracy as “government of the people, by the people and for the people." Dictionary definition describes democracy "as government by the people in which the supreme…

Since independence, developmental efforts and outcomes in Nigeria have varied from time to time, as have the paradigms and influences, nationally and externally. In 1960 when Nigeria gained her independence from Great Britain, her major…

Today is the Day of Arafah, the 9th day of the Islamic Calendar month of Dhul Hijjah, which is the culminating event of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah. It is the holiest day in the Islamic calendar and it precedes the Eid-alAdha,…

For the first time in the last two years, Muslims will physically observe the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The resumption in this year 2022 of the physical observance of the rites of Hajj, brings…

Sunday, June 12, is exactly 29 years that Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new President in the Third Republic of the country’s Democratic journey. That Presidential election was the first since the 1983 military coup that swept away…

Nigeria accounts for 64% of South Africa’s trade in West Africa. The volume of trade between Nigeria and South Africa is well over five billion U.S. dollars with crude oil being the major commodity. In the last two years, South Africa…