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One of our core projects this year is strategic consumer-rights advocacy, aimed at strengthening accountability, fair business practices, and respect for the rule of law.
To further promote consumer protection in Nigeria, a consumer dispute has been formally placed before the...
Presently, I am working with an NGO and three colleagues on a focused mission to cleanse the SME space and confront deceptive and exploitative practices by businesses and service providers in Nigeria.
Next week, we will be filing between two and five cases before the Consumer Protection Tribunal, with a clear plan to scale this effort significantly throughout 2026.
For too long, many of these anomalies have persisted simply because they were tolerated. That era is ending. The consumer protection space will look different this year and we are fully committed to driving that change.
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Presently, I am working with an NGO and three colleagues on a focused mission to cleanse the SME space and confront deceptive and exploitative practices by businesses and service providers in Nigeria.
Next week, we will be filing between two and five cases before the Consumer Protection Tribunal, with a clear plan to scale this effort significantly throughout 2026.
For too long, many of these anomalies have persisted simply because they were tolerated. That era is ending. The consumer protection space will look different this year and we are fully committed to driving that change.
Me: I love this one. Please confirm if it’s available in blue.
Vendor: Yes sir, it is available. The price is 220k.
Me: Send your account number. Proceeds to make payment.
Vendor: Sorry sir, the blue is no longer available, but we have it in orange, yellow, and white.
Me: But I specifically asked you to confirm the availability of the blue colour before I made payment. You know what, please refund me.
Vendor: Sir, we have a no-refund policy. You have to pick another colour or a different item within the price range.
PS: These vendors are usually women.
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Being attacked is a sign that you are important enough to be a target. You should relish the attention and the chance to prove yourself.
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If the happiness and prosperity of other people depend on you, you have nothing to fear anymore.
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The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you're supposed to do.
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My Cattle And Sheep Are Much Easier To Control Than Fellow Nigerians, Says Buhari | Sahara Reporters bit.ly/3N3fdio
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The 'Foolish Man' and his mega refinery complex
Some years ago, Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man invited media leaders to a luncheon at then Protea Hotel in Ikeja to mark his 55th birthday.
Some of his guests sat around him at the centre table. They chatted freely. Discussions about our country, the state of the economy soon veered into discussing the absurdity of our country, being a major crude exporter, and also a major importer of refined petroleum products. Our colleague from a major business paper said the local conditions were unfavourable to any investor who wanted to build a refinery. He then made a remark that I believe he would live to regret: "Only a foolish man will build a refinery in Nigeria".
Aliko who had listened to all our business and political pontifications, interjected: "I am that foolish man". A pin drop silence enveloped the table as he dropped the unexpected news: "My company has just decided to build a refinery in the country. But we are doing it big". Those were his exact words, as the multi-dollar billionaire told us he was willing to spend close to $9 billion on the project.
The media big man became speechless. The rest of us caught the contagion of being flummoxed as well, as Aliko expatiated on the project. He said it will be a petrochemical complex. As the project was still on the drawing board, he did not tell us it will be the biggest refinery in the world, capable of processing 650,000 barrels of crude daily. All the hint he gave was that it will be 'big'. Our takeaway was that it will be big like Aliko's involvement in cement, sugar, pasta and other businesses.
He didn't say it will include a fertiliser plant and a power plant that can supply enough electricity to Nigeria's South West, excluding Lagos.
Initially billed for Ogun State, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery surprisingly shifted location to Lagos, just opposite the creek separating the two states. Governor Dapo Abiodun may want to probe his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun, why he allowed the complex to move to neighbouring Lagos.
The gigantic project is now sitting in all majesty in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Ibeju-Lekki, covering a land area of approximately 2,635 hectares, seven times the size of Victoria Island.
The complex is the world’s Largest Single-Train 650,000 barrels per day Petroleum Refinery with 900 KTPA Polypropylene Plant.
It comes with a 435 MW Power Plant, which will be able to meet the total power requirement of Ibadan DisCo of 860,316 MWh covering five States including Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara and Ekiti.
The refinery, according to its fact sheet, can meet 100% of the Nigerian requirement of all refined products, including Gasoline,Diesel, Kerosene, and Aviation Jet.
It will also be able to produce surplus of each of these products for export.
Designed for 100% Nigerian Crude, the refinery has flexibility to process other crudes. No wonder it is located near the sea shore.
Today President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the gigantic petrochemical complex.
Just as we rejoice with Aliko Dangote and the Dangote Group family, we need to give kudos to the Buhari administration for ensuring that the complex comes to fruition, by ensuring that it was not starved of needed foreign exchange and taking a stake in it.
For Aliko, all is well that ends well. The complex will bring to an end our country's many decades of shame, for being unable to refine its crude and having to depend on importation, wasting scarce forex.
The 'foolish man' of 11 years ago has demonstrated once again that he is a man of wisdom, a peerless shrewd investor who sees clearly the 'bigger picture', when his compatriots are bogged down by parochialism and immediate monetary gains.
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Cafu: "I am afraid, the more we have Brazilians moving to the Premier League, the less chances for Brazil to win the World Cup. Imagine being brainwashed by the media every week that you are the best in the world, meanwhile you are not near the best.
I prefer La Liga, because they have high mentality to reach finals and win them. In La Liga they don't have a mouth in front of TV cameras telling lies about Spanish players or hyping them to the world. They speak football there, not myth.
I overheard them saying that the Liverpool right back is in my level in that right back position. I didn't want to debate , because I knew Vinicius will show the World the truth and he did in Paris.” What’s your thoughts on what Cafu said after last seasons Champions League final?
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Always remember those who took a risk on you during the early stages of your career.
Most of us wouldn't be here if someone hadn't given us a chance.
