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9 Feb 2024
Nigeria’s state-owned oil company the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), is the very lifeblood of the nation’s economy, generating a major share of forex earnings and government revenues.
8 Feb 2024
The new war on kidnapping and criminality has to be fought on the frontier of knowledge. The new bands of criminals are vicious and lack any semblance of humanity or mercy. They are worse than animals, but they are living among us.
8 Feb 2024
Every action is preceded by thoughts and volition. In volition lies what the thoughts intend to achieve sanctioned by the power of decision. Volition thus springs from the will. Thoughts are fed into the heart which is the hearth, the base and seat of our volition to trigger it. When the thoughts are impure as…
8 Feb 2024
We are in the golden age of Nigeria’s cultural and creative dominion of Africa.
8 Feb 2024
For an administration annunciating and charting the path ways for an enduring, transformative and sustainable livable State transition committees are both a springboard, sufficient and necessary condition as well as the surest political blueprint that can only but be valid as the truth function of democracy.
8 Feb 2024
An arresting party seeking to take advantage of the new position in Nigeria is required by Order 7 rule 8 (2) of the new Rules to support his application with the original or certified true copy of the processes pending before the foreign court or arbitral tribunal.
8 Feb 2024
There are so many uncertainties these days, and the ship of state is constantly missing her anchor. Nigerians are not just questioning the credibility of one another; we are questioning the rationale of our own existence. Life is about change and its constancy
7 Feb 2024
To cut to the chase, there are neither ifs and buts, nor hair-splitting micro-analytical pontifications about it: the most important duty of any government is the security and welfare of its citizens.
7 Feb 2024
The practice and procedure for arrest of ship in Nigeria are governed by the Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules applicable to the Federal High Court. On May 18, 2023, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court..
7 Feb 2024
At the basic level, share price of a quoted company is driven by the company’s performance, demand and supply and market hearsay. These also include the company’s level of earnings base and the perceived risk and opportunities..
7 Feb 2024
I was just 13 years old, when I had this idea that seemed silly to many people. What was this idea anyway? Well, it was to teach unemployed young women and older girls across Africa and the Caribbean, who had dropped out of school..
7 Feb 2024
In the world of Wealth Management, where things can get tricky with unexpected changes and economic uncertainties, it is paramount to ensure that the results of one’s hard work are sustained for generations to come.
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