i had zero experience on how to use R, but I went on with a positive mindset “i have to get this done”. fast forward to 6 months after, i can bold say i can run virtually anything on R. Be ready not to give up.
I had one of the best figures and statistical analyses at the end
Dear Nigerians,
For many years, Nigeria has possessed some of the most promising deep offshore oil and gas resources in the world, yet several major developments have remained stalled. Oil lies beneath our waters. We have the engineers, businesses and young people capable of doing increasingly sophisticated work in the sector. What has often been missing is the certainty required for investors to commit billions of dollars, over many years, at the scale needed to turn that potential into production, jobs and opportunity for Nigerians.
We cannot afford to leave that opportunity beneath our waters for another decade.
I have therefore signed the Deep Offshore Oil and Gas Projects Incentives (Tax Remission) Order, 2026, to provide clear and predictable terms for a new generation of deep offshore investment in Nigeria.
The framework has the potential to unlock up to $50 billion in investment, beginning with the approximately $10 billion Bonga South West project. For existing deep offshore leases, there is a clear window to reach Final Investment Decision by 31 December 2029 and receive the full standard incentive available under the Order.
There is urgency to this work. Capital moves, and countries compete for it every day. The countries that attract long-term investment are not necessarily those with the greatest natural resources. They are the ones that provide the greatest certainty.
Nigeria must be one of those countries.
This Order marks the tenth major policy directive of my administration targeted specifically at the oil and gas sector. Each has dealt with a constraint holding back investment, production or value creation. Taken together, they represent a deliberate effort to make our oil and gas industry more competitive, attract capital back to Nigeria and ensure that more of the value created from our resources remains here at home.
But attracting investment is only half of my purpose.
I want the work that comes with these projects to come home to Nigeria. I want our engineers involved, our fabrication yards working, our marine and technical service companies securing contracts, and our young people acquiring skills that will remain valuable long after the first barrel is produced.
The Order reflects this priority. For projects accessing its supplementary incentives, activities are to be performed in Nigeria, subject to clearly defined exceptions and Nigerian Content requirements.
My ambition is that we use this new investment cycle to build Nigeria into Africa’s regional hub for deep offshore project execution. We should not only possess the resources. We should increasingly possess the skills, businesses and industrial capacity required to develop them.
When I engaged the Chief Executive Officer of Shell plc, Mr Wael Sawan, I directed my team to look beyond a solution for one company or one project. We needed a framework that could unlock a wider pipeline of investment while protecting Nigeria’s long-term interests.
That framework is now in place.
Ultimately, I will judge its success by what Nigerians see from it in terms of good jobs, stronger Nigerian businesses, greater production, increased revenues for the Federation and new capabilities built here at home.
Our natural resources must work harder for our people.
That is the purpose of this decision, and we will pursue it with urgency.
Nigeria First.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
When you are building with a man, what value are you adding to it? Are you building by just being his wife? Are you sharing financial responsibilities or he’s wholly responsible for it? Do you sponsor him for trainings? Do you give him job and business opportunities? Do you go out of your ways to starve just for him to eat?
If you are not doing all of these, please don’t say you are building with a struggling man.
Whenever I come back from “the abroad”, the first thing I look for is Suya and roasted corn. My Mai Suya are very diligent. The only days they are not there are on Sallah holidays.
Having been “in the abroad” for more than a month, I looked forward to my local ram suya. They were not there on Saturday. I thought “That’s odd!” They were not there again on Sunday. I felt that something must be wrong.
When they were not there again by 12 noon on Monday, as they usually are everyday, I was really concerned.
There is a smart young woman who does a POS business near them. I asked her why they had not come for three days and she said that they had a little problem. I asked her what “little problem” they had.
Apparently, someone had come to buy Suya from them. While he was buying the Suya, a car thief entered his car and drove it away. He then accused my Suya guys of being responsible for the theft of his car, since he was buying Suya from them when it was stolen. He had all of them arrested and locked up!
I asked for their numbers and the POS lady said that they had seized all their phones. I didn’t know which police station they were at. I didn’t know their names and on the occasions that I had paid for my suya with a bank transfer, I didn’t save their account details that would have shown a name at least.
I started asking the people I knew in the police, but felt a bit silly saying “I am looking for four Suya guys that were arrested.”
I was determined to intervene because I know that it was just one “big man” taking out his frustrations on some little guys. How long does it take to buy Suya that they will have enough time to organise for your car to be stolen?
Those guys have been on that street for 20 years. They sell four full rams every day. They have come to my house to roast ram suya when I have had major social events.
I asked another Suya guy who sells beef suya nearby whether he had any of their phone numbers but he said that even he doesn’t have a phone, never mind having anybody’s phone number.
After searching for them for a week, I finally found a guy who said that they had now been bailed from the police station and were considering resuming their business. They had lost at least two weeks and were so traumatised by the experience that they did not want to return to the same location on Ebitu Ukiwe where they had been for 20 years!
I arranged with the guy who knew them that he will take me to go and see them when I return from my current trip. I will see if I can persuade them to return to their usual spot next to the diligent POS young woman and the nice lady that sells roasted corn. Perfect combination!
This country can be brutal when you are not a big man. Those of us who are not small in our own right have a duty to help protect the little guys from the typical Naija “big man.” I will find that their accuser, somehow, someway. You might think that you are a big man but “Even your boo get a boo (a boo, a boo).”
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Boring things that compound:
- Moving the body
- Focusing on something
- Eating simple foods
- Using natural products
- Time with loved ones
- Sauna
- Sleeping 7+ hours
Boring is underrated.
P.S. I use my Wild Roman Face Routine. 100% natural. Try it: https://t.co/eelXC6qxtc
Observe more than speaking.
If possible, don't speak, especially if it is your first time.
Resist the urge to correct or argue.
Be as wise as a serpent and gentle like a dove.
i had zero experience on how to use R, but I went on with a positive mindset “i have to get this done”. fast forward to 6 months after, i can bold say i can run virtually anything on R. Be ready not to give up.
I had one of the best figures and statistical analyses at the end
i had zero experience on how to use R, but I went on with a positive mindset “i have to get this done”. fast forward to 6 months after, i can bold say i can run virtually anything on R. Be ready not to give up.
I had one of the best figures and statistical analyses at the end
I believe the best way to learn is to desire and have search-till-you-find mentality. For my MSc. research i had a chunk of data on my desk to analyze, with little knowledge on data analysis. I went on Claude and I realized R Studio is the best tool to use.
Some of the best education in the world happens in places nobody is racing to reach.
Small towns. Quiet campuses. Programs nobody posts about on LinkedIn.
In a small classroom there is nowhere to hide. The professor knows if you read the material. Your silence answers for you.
People chase the name on the degree when they should be chasing the room that will not let them stay average.
@arojinle1@Abidemi6 You don’t believe in powers?
But do you believe in the Christian or Islamic God(powers) ?
It is not logical to believe the latter and not the former. Because even the latter acknowledges the former…
(a curious mind )