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Jibrin Okutepa SAN Dear Jibrin Okutepa SAN There’s a particular kind of frustration that only proximity can produce. Not the distant outrage of the observer, but the weary, intimate disillusionment of someone who has sat at the table, argued the briefs, and watched the machinery of politics grind in real time. When you have stood …
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Abubakar Atiku Nigeria is a constitutional republic. That is the theory. In practice, it is also a federation held together by a delicate, unwritten gentleman’s agreement: “you chop, I chop next.” Lawyers call the first a constitution. Politicians call the second zoning. The confusion begins when both claim authority at the same time. After eight …
There is a certain genius, criminal, yes, but genius nonetheless, in the Nigerian political playbook that deserves, if not our admiration, then at least our reluctant acknowledgment. When the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission comes knocking at your door with a charge sheet the length of a Shoprite receipt, the average person might consider lawyers, …
List the people you admire and look to for advice... Not people but a person, my DAD who has the fountain of knowledge and experience. Even in his absence, his advice is cast in stone and applicable to all given situations.
Dahiru Barau Mangal, CON (born August 3, 1957) is a prominent Nigerian businessman, industrialist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as the founder and chairman of Max Air, one of Nigeria’s leading private airlines. At age 68 (as of 2025–2026), he has built a diversified empire spanning aviation, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, transportation, and real …
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