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No, I am not satisfied with the current level of foreign participation in the sector and indeed, we have a lot more to do in this regard. A number of incentives have been put in place to help attract global mining companies including...

High risk allocation in early-phase mining projects means that activities such as exploration and ore reserve estimation are the most difficult to obtain funding from standard project finance sources.

In June 2013, a new United Nations, UN, World Population Prospects report unveiled at the UN Headquarters in New York, revealed that Nigeria’s population is expected to surpass that of the U.S. before the middle of the century.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the struggles of colonial states in the continent started culminating in flag independence, the optimism of the civil populace focused on the symbolism of being free from political and racial domination.

That foreign firms and multinationals control African businesses is not new, and that these companies are more prevalent in the extractive sectors is as old as colonialism itself, and it will continue for sometime. The extractive industry requires a lot of capital and technical know-how that are not immediately available in the domestic economy.

As Ekiti people prepare to elect their next governor on July 14, there are fears that the state may witness a repeat of violence that has always characterised governorship elections in the state: Violence has always occurred before, during and after elections. In 1999, during electioneering campaigns, there was violence involving Alliance for Democracy (AD)…

Vice President, Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Forster Ojehonmon, spoke to OMIKO AWA on what the country is losing by not engaging the movie industry and the way forward for cinema in the country. Do we really have a cinema culture in the country? The cinema culture is gradually getting entrenched, but there is plenty…

Playwright, arts and culture activist, Benson Tomoloju, is among stakeholders that are calling for cottage theatres to be set up in local councils across the country. The founding father of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP), told OMIKO AWA that doing so would ensure that movies and plays are seen by greater…

Nigeria, with a huge population and multi-ethnic groupings ought to be a veritable market for the motion picture industry to flourish. But while countries with similar population and multifarious cultural groupings are using the cinema to project their image to the world, tell their stories, showcase their culture, create employment opportunities and also rake in…

I want to look at this from the following angles- postgraduate openings, salary, quota system, corruption and job satisfaction. I will start with the availability of postgraduate positions.

An environment expert, and the director of ecological think tank, Health of Mother of Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimo Bassey spoke with ANN GODWIN in Port Harcourt, where he demands that urgent actions be taken to avert the impending human catastrophe.

As residents of Port Harcourt and its environs grapple with the black soot, the latest atmospheric challenge they have to live with, experts have warned that long-term exposure to soot poses serious health risks...