Tag: Nigerian society

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Philanthropy, Public Grants, and the Law: Decoding the Mechanics of the Dangote Refinery IPO Partnership by Lawson Akhigbe

When major corporate milestones unfold, they often bring complex legal questions in their wake. Recently, discussion has swirled around whether public-private partnerships involving state governments and philanthropic foundations to buy shares in the historic Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Initial Public Offering (IPO) run afoul of corporate laws—specifically regarding a company financing its own shares.

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The Barrister Who Never Went to Law School: Adams Oshiomhole and the Art of Speaking from Both Sides of the Mouth by Lawson Akhigbe

Adams Oshiomhole is that rare Nigerian political specimen who managed to climb from factory floor to labour presidency, state house, party chairmanship and the red chamber without the inconvenience of a published higher educational attainment. Self-taught, they say. One imagines him in some dimly lit corner of history, devouring political manuals by candlelight while the rest of his compatriots were busy collecting certificates that later proved about as useful as a raincoat in the Sahara.

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The Mirage Government: How Nigeria Governs Without Knowing What It Knows by Lawson Akhigbe

It issues pronouncements, launches programmes, commissions projects, publishes budgets, announces reforms and produces an endless supply of political speeches. Ministers hold press conferences. Governors commission flyovers. Presidents announce ambitious economic transformations. Political parties publish manifestos promising a better Nigeria.

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Nigeria at 66: When a 1983 Coup Speech Still Sounds Like Today By Lawson Akhigbe

As Nigeria prepares to mark another Independence Day on 1 October, I have been reading a speech delivered on 31 December 1983 by a young Brigadier, Sani Abacha, announcing the overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari.

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