Opinion

When President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mallam Mele Kyari in June last year as the 19th Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, it did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise. Here is a man who,…
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With the assumption of Mele Kyari as the new Group Managing Director( GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), stakeholders are seriously looking up to seeing a vibrant and more robust operation that will enhance…
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Stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector have said the much-awaited Dangote Refinery will not be a challenge to other smaller modular refineries coming on board this year. The $12 billion Dangote Refinery, an hour east of Lagos,…
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Since his appointment as the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) in July, Mele Kyari has not lacked for visitors. Considering the vast patronage system his predecessor ran while he headed the…
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-By Muhammad Danjuma Abubakar The transformative power of education is known to all. Many Nigerian youths, recognizing and appreciating the fact that every facet of society's development is dependent upon its educated population, want…
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At last the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has officially shifted the deadline for ending Nigeria’s shameful dependence on imported refined petroleum products. Ibe Kachikwu, the immediate past minister of state for…
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Nigerian politicians had allowed Nigerian refineries to shrink and become oil storing houses and turn them to be their political campaign enticers. Nigerian refineries started becoming dilapidated with the return of democracy in 1999 and…
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The president’s first term fell short of the changes needed to modernize the sector. Can he make headway in his second? Muhammadu Buhari, re-elected as president of Nigeria in February, has a second four-year term to revive the economy…
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The predicament that played out on Friday, 1st March 2019, in Bayelsa is indeed a disaster like the others before it in the different parts of the country. The Mile One community and others within earshot were in the wee hours of…
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The latest outburst by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, that oil theft was still a major concern for Nigeria has left many Nigerians bewildered and disappointed that the menace they had thought was a thing…
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