Hakeem Najimdeen
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Nigeria’s refining revolution has a monopoly problem (opens the original)
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CEO of Alafarika for Studies and Consultancy, Nigeria. Nigeria marked a major economic milestone on September 14, 2026, with the opening of the initial public offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the largest IPO in African history. Located in the Lekki Free Zone in Lagos, the refinery now has a crude-processing capacity of 700,000 barrels per day, up from 650,000, and cost approximately $20bn to build. It was commissioned in May 2023, while production of diesel and jet fuel began in Jan
Nigeria cannot build safe schools in unsafe communities (opens the original)
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CEO of Alafarika for Studies and Consultancy, Nigeria. “I am profoundly happy,” Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said after security forces rescued 39 pupils and six teachers who had spent 56 days in captivity. Gunmen had abducted them from three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State on May 15. Their rescue brought immense relief. But it also exposed a deeper failure: More than 12 years after the Chibok abduction prompted Nigeria to make schools safer, dozens of pupils and teach
Nigeria’s counterterrorism gains carry a warning (opens the original)
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CEO of Alafarika for Studies and Consultancy, Nigeria. Nigeria’s military announced on June 29 that several senior commanders from terrorist groups had surrendered in the northeast. Captain Mohammed Goni, acting military information officer for Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) against these groups, said the surrenders followed sustained military pressure and that those involved were being held in a secure location for profiling and debriefing. The announcement brought renewed attention to Nigeria’s te
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