A daily reminder that the International Oil Companies (IOCs) extracting our crude oil currently owe the Nigerian state over $62 billion in unpaid taxes, withheld royalties, and breached Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs).
Add to this the unquantifiable billions they owe in environmental penalties for decades of illegal gas flaring, the destruction of aquatic life, and the catastrophic ecological ruin of the Niger Delta. Yet, these Western conglomerates have arrogantly refused to pay. Instead, they use their geopolitical leverage, offshore arbitration courts, and armies of corporate lawyers to bully the Nigerian government into silence, while they continue to declare record-breaking global profits built on the plunder of our resources.
A 23-year-old journalist's is being bullied by a DPO in Kaduna.
All because she called them out online.
She has been sentenced to 4 years in prison or a N1.75 million fine.
Whenever they say "where are their friends, where are their families", this is your answer!
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6 Years Later! We are still dealing with Insecurity, hunger, poverty, lack of proper health care and the highest level of corruption and impunity. The saddest part is that we are even more divided as a people at a time when we should be most united.
I hope one day we truly realize the power that we have as citizens and stop allowing a few selfish individuals destroy the success and prosperity of the majority of us.
Till then, ✌🏾 and 🤍
there is not a world where I do not prevail.
I am willing to be wrong about nearly everything except my willingness to keep going. I know there will be moments that expose how much I still have to learn and moments that will make me question whether I am capable of what I am attempting. I will keep going until I have given this life a chance to become everything I believe it can be.
I promise you, there used to be a time…
The nation is poor and bleeding.
About ten years ago, once it’s November, you’d begin to smell Christmas on the streets, in the local shops, in churches, even in schools.
A lot has been stolen from us, basic things now feel like luxury.
You could just teach yourself data structures and operating systems right now in a month and you're pretty much set for life if you speak english as a first language