This year’s World Earth Day, commemorated last Saturday, April 22, was a special one. The vivid colours shone the brightest from London. Humans dressed up to look like animals and plants. You see them in all hues – toads, trees, teddies and termites. Families hold hands and walk among the mobile camouflage. Children chuckle and chime, asking their parents for answers as they see their favourite TV stars brandish banners of eco-protest. One of them by the popular British actor, Pedro Pascal, which says “The planet is getting hotter than Pedro!”
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As the inauguration of the next Nigerian legislature, termed the 10th National Assembly, draws near, different people and groups have started plotting to emerge leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Arguments based on zonal and religious balancing have been pushed forward by different individuals and groups to favour them. One of such is that the Senate presidency should be zoned to the South-East for the sake of equity and justice. However, the call for the South-East to produce the Senate president actually runs against equ
Read MoreEthiopia started and completed a brand new 756km (Ethiopia to Djibouti Port) standard gauge rail project within 5 years at a cost of $4.5bn.(Average cost of $5.9m per kilometer). This rail project was executed across a stretch of very treacherous mountainous and undulating landscapes. Yet, the Ethiopians roasted their government for doing the project at such high cost, when the world Bank estimated average cost of doing a kilometer of standard gauge rail protect across the world based on practical experiences was put at $3.5milli...
Read MoreHISTORY OF REFINERIES ESTABLISHMENT IN NIGERIA AND WHY NIGERIANS MUST KEEP PDP ATIKU AND APC TINUBU AWAY FROM ASO ROCK AFTER BUHARI
Are you aware that Nigeria has four existing refineries, with combined capacities to process and refine 445,000 barrels of crude oil per day, located in Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt respectively? ✍️Are you also aware that the first Nigeria REFINERY in Port Harcourt at Alesa Emese was built in under 2 years ( from 1963 to 1965 by Shell and British Petroleums. Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister then. ✍️He also built Kainji Power Project that gives us 1000mw of electricity. All these projects in under 6 years. ✍️Are you aware that the...
Read MoreThe fact that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike brought the next president of Nigeria and a previous president of Nigeria to London for decisive meetings last week, accompanied by his political allies, is a reflection of his current political influence. Bredda Bola Tinubu, the All-Progressives Congress' (APC) presidential candidate, was the first person he met. Tinubu left for London to attend a meeting with Bredda Wike and his allies after being unable or unable to personally accept the invitation offered to him by the influential Nigeria...
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