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Op-ed: Global Medical War, Nationalism & Covid-19
By Olawale Rasheed The world system is unravelling as nations vigorously pursued national interest in defiance of multilateral institutions and structures.A war is on, devoid of tanks,war planes and nuclear arsenals. The struggle to secure medical supply has pitched nations against nations,raising nationalism to new level and undermining previous gains in the push for globalisation. […]
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Op-ed: 5G and COVID-19: The Technology, Conspiracy and Ignorance
By Emeka Oparah One would ordinarily have dismissed the “controversy” around 5G technology and the strange connection with COVID-19 being stridently pursued by some people as ignorant rants occasioned by the morbid fear of the rampaging Coronavirus, but with the prevailing circumstances of fear and tension, I have elected, as one familiar with the workings […]
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Op-ed: At 68, Oshiomhole’s Mojo Remains Intact
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Last year, in a tribute I penned, titled: “Dynamite comes in small packages” to celebrate Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole’s 67th anniversary on April 4, I had posited that the truth of that statement, whose author was unidentified, was a matter for public contemplation. But, without wasting time, and by a sheer extrapolation, […]
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Op-ed: Is Low Oil Price the End of #OPEC or a New Beginning?
by Sarah Ladislaw Many people have heralded the “end of OPEC” throughout its 60-year history. Even when it was alive some analysts regarded it as functionally dead several times. The most recent time was during the oil price crash of 2014 when U.S. oil production so voraciously outpaced demand growth that OPEC walked away from […]
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Op-Ed: Saudi-Russia Oil War is a Game Theory Masterstroke
Op-Ed: Saudi-Russia Oil War is a Game Theory Masterstroke The sell-off has hit high-cost producers while US shale can no longer be a free-rider by Antoine Halff On the face of it, the idea of Saudi Arabia and Russia starting an oil price war in the middle of a global pandemic is as dumb as […]
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Op-ed: Reconsidering US Sanctions Amid #Coronavirus and Oil Market Crash
Reconsidering US Sanctions Policy Amid the Coronavirus and Oil Market CrashBy Richard Nephew For energy markets, the profound economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus have broken the arrangements of the OPEC+ oil exporters to limit production, as Russia and Saudi Arabia failed to agree on production caps. Oil prices plunged as producers ramped up output, […]
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Borno Gov,Zulum, Closes Borno Borders
The Executive Governor Of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced restrictions on vehicular movement into Borno state in a statewide broadcast on the Corona Virus Pendemic . The full speech is published below: “My Fellow Citizens Of Borno State We are currently going through another trying and difficult period in our history as […]
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#Covid-19:Buhari Orders 2-Weeks Lockdown in Abuja,Lagos
..Directs relief Materials for affected states …Centralise support services with Presidential Taskfirce ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, […]
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#Tinubu Offers Policy Options on #Covid-19
A MESSAGE ON THE CORONAVIRUS A TIME FOR UNITY, A TIME FOR THOUGHT, A TIME FOR ACTION Today is my birthday. I thank God for giving me the life and time on earth he has provided me. He has blessed me beyond the ability of words to describe; I am more than cognizant of His […]