For over half a century, Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been the most prolific of oil exploration play in the country and in sub-Saharan Africa. Since the discovery of oil in the province in commercial quantity, exploration has occurred year-in-year-out, giving rise to a multibillion-dollar oil and gas industry, which currently serves as the main source…
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FOSSIL FUEL EXTINCTION; DEMYSTIFYING THE ANXIETY
World over, the conversation around energy transition from fossil fuel is fraught and supercharged with anxiety. For many, the major driver of the anxiety is the acceptance that the global depletion and eventual extinction of fossil fuel is inevitable, the aftermath of which is surrounded by seemingly daunting uncertainties. But then, why should the extinction…
WEAPONIZATION OF POVERTY
Family, our source of strength and inspiration that we often take for granted. They teach us quite a lot even through the simplest of encounters. Do you have a relative that relates everything that happens in the world to just one concept or phenomenon? Money, sex or power? Well, I do. Tamara relates everything to…
Progressive Lamentations
I recently came across a poem about a Mozambique woman in Lomwe which had been translated to English. In the poem, the woman was forced to grow cotton for the Mozambique Cotton Company (a monopolistic group), owner of the cotton concession for the district of Ile. Her earnings were a meager 5 escudos (approximately $…
MORE THAN “A HANDFULL OF MEN”
The allies spent over two years planning the invasion of Normandy but on “D- day”, the fate of the world was decided by a handful of men on strips of beaches. Throughout history, this has been the case; even in these trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the monster rages on; devouring families, economies,…
NIGERIA: Taking advantage of the advantage
The year 2020 has been described with several adjectives, notable amongst several; “a horror movie” As the year unfolds and rightly so considering the series and sequence of events, the COVID-19 pandemic is unanimously recognized as the standout performer in a local Wuhan play that has successfully been franchised for a global audience. The media…
A ladder for a bushel.
When you are fully formed, your plans and actions are reliant on what you want out of life. My choice is to be a ladder for a bushel, and a lantern to many more I have a multitude depending on me and expectations will never diminish. If I fail, many will flounder; struggle to recover….
And the Night woke.
And the Night woke while the day raced to dawn: Man is awake while the night is asleep all creatures must harvest and recover lost energy. Man is awake due to the beauty of the silence of night. Man is awake to earn the wisdom distilled by the hush of the night. The beauty and…
THE BLESSINGS OF FAILURE
Have you ever wanted something so much that you didn’t even think about any other possibility? Your whole attention focused on the objective; with a relatively poor consideration for the journey to goal attainment. You want something so much that you feel like the world would end if you do not achieve that aim. Well,…
NOW THAT WE ARE IN CRISIS, WHAT GOOD CAN WE GAIN FROM IT?
The world is like the fruit paw paw; sweet, nutritious and delicate. Unfortunately, sweetness is not an attribute of the paw paw leaf. Suffice it to say that the paw paw tree is a crisis plant oozing with bitter sweet experiences. The world today is no different from the paw paw tree as it is…