Author: Billy Oghenebrume Egbe

In 2009, the Nigerian arm of Shell Group, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), completely shut down its entire operations in the Western Niger Delta owing to increasing attacks on its workers and infrastructure. This was after more than five years of violent attacks on oil Companies with piracy, kidnappings of oil workers and destruction of oil installations taking the centre stage. From 2004 when the violence started till 2006 when Shell began to leave Warri gradually, someone was Governor at that time and his major responsibility was to protect the interest of private investors. But instead of protecting…

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This is my unbiased opinion on the alleged disengagement of 40 Pastors from their Pastoral duties. In Matthew 25:14-30 NKJV, Jesus explained the parable of the Talents. “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. And likewise…

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I may be in disagreement with the Igbos for Political reasons, but I really like them when it comes to Business support for one another. I believe that it is only an Igbo Man that can import Five Containers of Spare Parts or other goods from China, Japan, Thailand or wherever and give three of those Containers to his Igbo Brothers and say “Nna, wheli this containers of Spare Parts, sell it and ‘nwete ego mo’ and take ya plofit”. Show me any other tribe in Nigeria that has the Igbo apprenticeship model. None! I appreciate the Igbos for how…

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