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Any hope for artisanal refining in Nigeria?

Although Nigeria is the 7th largest exporter of Crude Petroleum in the world, Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos which was inaugurated in May this year and described as the game changer for Nigeria’s economy is currently importing crude oil from outside the country because NNPC cannot sell crude oil to the Dangote refinery.

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Only Nigerians can save Nigeria

There was great hope when Nigeria and other African nations gained political independence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Nigeria is virtually a failed nation today. Yet, it can be worse. Lillian Okenwa, a lawyer, a journalist, the publisher of Law & Society Magazine....

ONLY NIGERIANS CAN SAVE NIGERIA

Five 'celebrated' criminal cases dragging in courts

Nigerian social media users keenly followed the deluge of stories of the alleged activities of the defendants after they were indicted on criminal charges. The expectation of the public was that the cases would be speedily concluded to help resolve the several allegations of criminality and the perception of slowness or the absence of justice in the country. Analysts have submitted that despite these cases enjoying rave reviews in the media and public space, several factors could account for their delay, some since 2017. Among the identified challenges are the usual technical problems in the Nigerian judiciary, some occasioned by lawyers, the  COVID-19 pandemic, #EndSARS protest and strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).

STATE OF NATION: Stop the bleeding, end carnage now, CSOs urge Buhari

STATE OF NATION: Stop the bleeding, end carnage now, CSOs urge Buhari On Hundreds of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, stop the escalating security concerns in the country. They further alarmed that the first quarter of 2021 witnessed an all-time high fatalities mass atrocity incidences across the country. The petitio signed by the Joint Action Civil Society Coalition/Nigeria Mourns Secretariat and made available to Vanguard revealed that “Following its sharp increase of 43 per cent in mass atrocities 2020, Nigeria has continued to experience a decline in security across the nation. In the first quarter of 2021 (January to March), we recorded an all-time quarterly high of almost 2000 fatalities from mass atrocities incidents across the country. This week, across the 6 geopolitical zones, there were escalated combustions of violence resulting in even more deaths.