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We know that the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in an attempt to solve the nation's power challenges privatized the power sector to different enterpreneurs. The move however failed to supply the much needed power for the nation's consumption. After President Buhari's takeover, not much has happened with regards to providing power to run industries, homes and business on which the economy depends . The current minister of power has introduced the energy mix strategy to help supplement what the country generates but so far it hasn't impacted much on the power problem. We have a situation right now where power generated comes from hydro power plants, gas and renewable energy. And we know so far, the combined power generated from these sources have been too little to serve the country. But do we know that Nigeria flares gas everyday and wastes what could be added power generation from gas. Why not open the power sector like the telecommunications sect...

I have keenly watched people from different parts of this country agitate or vent their anger either in support or against the renewed movement for ‘Biafra’ and from what I have gathered so far there are three categories of people in this agitation. We have those who still hold the memories of Biafra, there are those who see Biafra as a means to end the injustice in our land and those who want a sovereign territory known as the State of Biafra. Let’s analyze the above postulations. The Nigeria Civil War was a war that was fought among brothers and sisters even though the commanders did not actually have this at the back of their minds. The war would have been averted if the protagonist were as matured and knowledgeable as the leaders of USA and USSR who during the Cuban Missile Crisis averted a major world war by just a phone call. The war brought distrust, disaffection and disunity among sister tribes. The post war policies instead of healing wounds created more disa...