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Tame Fuel Subsidy or it Will Tame Nigeria
If the whole idea of fuel subsidy is to pass on benefits to the poor, then we must all agree that it is not working. The benefits are going to importers of fuel, oil majors and upper and middle class… Read More ›
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We Need More Brain Infrastructure!
All the conspiracy theories about the Boko Haram uprising collapse when you consider the data painstakingly acquired by the Africa Health, Human & Social Development Information Service (Afri-Dev). I was just going through the data the other day and my… Read More ›
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A Third Alternative to PDP and APC
Months after the 2015 elections ended, Nigerian youths are still hung up on those elections. Nowhere is this more obvious than on social media which our youths have turned to a battle ground divided into pro People Democratic Party (PDP)… Read More ›
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Audio: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce On The Discourse With Jimi Disu
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Presidential Fleet: Cutting Nigeria’s Coat According to Her Cloth
On the 10th of May 2015, I tweeted the following “Left to me, we must sell the Presidential fleet. Public servants, including the President must only use made in Nigeria Peugeot as official car!”. I really believe what I tweeted… Read More ›
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Three Things to Say to Nigeria
I have three urgent and important things to say to Nigeria and I will not beat about the bush. Let me start out this piece by saying that even though I am of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), I voted… Read More ›
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Pic Story: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the 8th NASS
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Empowering Our Youths through Sports and Entertainment
In a country of 175 million people where over 100 million people are youths, the most important ministry is not the ministry of finance or the ministry of petroleum. It is the ministry of youths! Nigeria has spent decades living… Read More ›
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Buhari can stop class war between the champagne-drinking rich and the poor – Ben Murray Bruce
By Abiodun Alade Mr. Ben Murray Bruce, a businessman and philanthropist, is a senator-elect representing Bayelsa East. The media mogul speaks on issues relating to accountability, prudence and transparency in government. Excerpts: Criticism I have not criticised any government. I… Read More ›
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Buhari and Mutually Assured Restoration!
In the run up to his inauguration, President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has been telling the nation of his plans and policy direction and one of those policies is his stated intention to resume the search for oil in Northern Nigeria and… Read More ›