Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you may have missed out on: #GambiaDecides2021: Gambian youth set agenda for next president Saturday’s election would be the first election in The Gambia since dictator Yahya Jammeh fled the country. – Premium Times reports. Shell to go ahead with seismic tests in whale breeding grounds... Read More

#GambiaDecides, COVID-19, Omicron, Shell Oil, south africa

December 1, 2021

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WHO warns against Omicron travel bans as nations shut borders | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you may have missed out on: WHO warns against Omicron travel bans as nations shut borders The World Health Organisation has warned that blanket travel bans will not prevent the spread of Omicron, as more countries rushed to impose curbs and the first cases of the... Read More

Rankings

kano, Lalibela, Shell Oil, south africa, WHO

April 12, 2017

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The Thread: The outrage over the Malabu oil scandal is meaningless

It runs like clockwork: every day on Twitter Nigeria, there’s a trending topic people must necessarily lend their voices to. Similarly, every other week in Nigeria, we are fed revelations of one scandal or another that see the citizenry spitting fire and brimstone on social media. But before you can say, Jack Robinson, it all... Read More

Opinion

Ayo Sogunro, corruption, dan etete, malabu oil deal, nigeria, Shell Oil, The Thread, Tunde Leye

April 12, 2017

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The Thread: Was the Malabu oil well actually sold for the right amount?

Social media has experienced a bit of an uproar today over new revelations about the Malabu oil deal. President Goodluck Jonathan and Etete have been taking hits for being ‘fantastically corrupt’. Arguments have raged over the fraudulence of selling off a 500BN oil well for a paltry sum of 1.3 BN. Figures are all in dollars.... Read More

Opinion

corruption, Etete, GEJ, Malabu, Malabu Scandal, Shell Oil, The Thread

April 12, 2017

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The Thread: “GEJ came to rob Nigeria prepared” “He deserves a Nobel prize for corruption” | Nigerians react to the GEJ- Malabu Oil scandal

News mediums, Foreign Policy and the BBC recently uncovered a major scam involving Shell Oil, Etete and the Goodluck Jonathan administration. According to the report, members of the Jonathan administration received kickbacks for the sale of a Shell oil well. Humongous figures were flung about: 500 billion; 1.3 billion etc. Nigerians are pretty mad about... Read More

Opinion

dan etete, Goodluck Jonathan, Malabu oil scandal, nigeria, Shell Oil, The Thread