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Mineral Resources Alone Can’t Take Nigeria To Prosperity

January 12, 2020 2:33 pm

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Sunday said Nigerian Armed Forces has sacrificed heavily including making supreme sacrifices for the peace and unity of Nigeria.

Makinde, who spoke during a church service in respect of the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, held at Cathedral of St. Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, said that education and human capital development would remain the top priority of his administration.

He, however, added that no country of the world became prosperous by merely relying on natural resources.

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“Knowledge is power and that

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Looted Nigeria Heritage Resources: The Untold Story

December 12, 2019 7:14 am

Two weeks ago, Nigeria’s minister of culture and tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was in Lagos and took to the media to lament the very unfortunate but slow response by certain foreign powers to return Nigeria stolen artifacts in their custody. Knowing Lai Mohammed very well, something must have pricked him into this action and it is not our business today to really find out why this politician from Kwara would want to take on the global mafia running underground the very lucrative business on artifacts and heritage resources.

Even though this underground business cuts across the entire world, Africa,

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Is Governor Willie Obiano, now the Mayor of Orange?

Governor Obiano’s U.S. trip, a colossal waste of resources

July 9, 2019 11:53 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

“Ladies and gentlemen, it is no exaggeration to say that Anambra State is the best place to locate an industry in Nigeria at the moment. We have one of the highest literacy rates in the country, we offer access to the largest retail market in West Africa and we have the largest crop of experienced middlemen and suppliers with enough expertise to move goods across Africa. We also have easy access to industrial land which we have mapped out in our Land-Bank and a speedy company registration and issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy in record time.”…