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-The New Diplomat Editorial The news did not come to many as a surprise. And with time, that phenomenon called time which Shakespeare once described as “the swiftest hours, as they flew” is an unavoidable keeper of time-frame and recorder of historical times. This is because time seems to pass very quickly, and sometimes unnoticed.…
July 31, 2020
The reported disagreement between the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and the Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari which made its way to the public domain has provided an opportunity to re-assess the nation's concept of national security, and its various dimensions. The NSA, in an internal…
February 18, 2020
The New Diplomat’s Editorial Board Position on the subject matter The Nigerian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) led by then Foreign Affairs Minister, Major-General Joseph Nanven Garba in 1975 stunned participants when he pointedly asserted Nigeria’s strategic position in Africa, and why Nigeria was vigorously opposed to Apartheid. Crucially, Garba’s fascination for re-asserting the…
February 3, 2020
By 'Dotun Akintomide In spite of Boko Haram's renewed hostilities in the North-east, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) remains resolute in its search for black gold in this beleaguered region as plans are underway for it to return to the Lake Chad Basin in Borno State soon. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr.…
March 3, 2018
…As Search for Oil Continues in Sokoto, Other Basins The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is eyeing massive investments in the nation’s Oil and Gas Industry with a view to improving the nation’s revenue and creating jobs for the citizenry. Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who was represented at the occasion…
January 20, 2018
Alarming bells are ringing following recent reports from the Debt Management Office; DMO that Nigeria’s debt profile has risen by N5.4trn since 2015. DMO put the nation’s total debt profile as at May 31, 2017 at N19. 16 trillion. According to the figures released by the debt management office, Nigeria’s domestic debt stood at…
July 24, 2017
By Oma Djebah Nigeria is at a very critical crossroad and that the nation is currently walking a rather ugly and precarious tight rope. In recent times, symptoms of a failed state appear to have manifested themselves so evidently with all manner of agitations. While some canvass, rightly and logically, for a radical restructuring of the…
July 9, 2017
STATEMENT OF THE NEWSPAPERS PROPRIETORS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA. The Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has received with grave concern, the Monday June 12, 2017 invasion by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) of the Apapa, Lagos Corporate Headquarters of The Sun Newspapers. Facts before the NPAN indicate that the EFCC…
June 19, 2017
The Factsheet has been organized primarily into three categories: Economy; Transparency and Anti-Corruption; and Security — along the lines of the priority areas highlighted by President Buhari during the presidential campaign. He was elected on the strength of his Promise to revive and restore the economy; fight corruption; and secure Nigeria from terrorism and other forms of…
May 28, 2017
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-The New Diplomat Editorial The news did not come to many as a surprise. And with time, that phenomenon called time which Shakespeare once described as “the swiftest hours, as they flew” is an unavoidable keeper of time-frame and recorder of historical times. This is because time seems to pass very quickly, and sometimes unnoticed.…
July 31, 2020
The reported disagreement between the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and the Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari which made its way to the public domain has provided an opportunity to re-assess the nation's concept of national security, and its various dimensions. The NSA, in an internal…
February 18, 2020
The New Diplomat’s Editorial Board Position on the subject matter The Nigerian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) led by then Foreign Affairs Minister, Major-General Joseph Nanven Garba in 1975 stunned participants when he pointedly asserted Nigeria’s strategic position in Africa, and why Nigeria was vigorously opposed to Apartheid. Crucially, Garba’s fascination for re-asserting the…
February 3, 2020
By 'Dotun Akintomide In spite of Boko Haram's renewed hostilities in the North-east, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) remains resolute in its search for black gold in this beleaguered region as plans are underway for it to return to the Lake Chad Basin in Borno State soon. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr.…
March 3, 2018
…As Search for Oil Continues in Sokoto, Other Basins The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is eyeing massive investments in the nation’s Oil and Gas Industry with a view to improving the nation’s revenue and creating jobs for the citizenry. Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who was represented at the occasion…
January 20, 2018
Alarming bells are ringing following recent reports from the Debt Management Office; DMO that Nigeria’s debt profile has risen by N5.4trn since 2015. DMO put the nation’s total debt profile as at May 31, 2017 at N19. 16 trillion. According to the figures released by the debt management office, Nigeria’s domestic debt stood at…
July 24, 2017
By Oma Djebah Nigeria is at a very critical crossroad and that the nation is currently walking a rather ugly and precarious tight rope. In recent times, symptoms of a failed state appear to have manifested themselves so evidently with all manner of agitations. While some canvass, rightly and logically, for a radical restructuring of the…
July 9, 2017
STATEMENT OF THE NEWSPAPERS PROPRIETORS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA. The Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has received with grave concern, the Monday June 12, 2017 invasion by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) of the Apapa, Lagos Corporate Headquarters of The Sun Newspapers. Facts before the NPAN indicate that the EFCC…
June 19, 2017
The Factsheet has been organized primarily into three categories: Economy; Transparency and Anti-Corruption; and Security — along the lines of the priority areas highlighted by President Buhari during the presidential campaign. He was elected on the strength of his Promise to revive and restore the economy; fight corruption; and secure Nigeria from terrorism and other forms of…
May 28, 2017
