Leon Edel, the biographer of the great American novelist, Henry James, recalled the latter’s reflection on biography to the effect that biography is “a questionable honour to men of tranquillity,” that furnish poor materials unless they were involved in great public events.
The subject of The Leaps of Legacy, His Majesty, King Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru, has traversed great times, that are worthy of a biographer’s endeavour. The subject of The Leaps of Legacy, His Majesty, King Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru, has traversed great times, that are worthy of a biographer’s endeavour.
Daukoru joined the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, now Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited in 1970. His disciplinary focus would prove useful in his job. Earlier on, he had conducted a seminal study and mapping of the overpressures of the Niger Delta. He co-authored with Koon Weber, a technical paper on the sedimentary and structural evolution of the Niger Delta.
The other giant fields, onshore and shallow water, such as Forcados-Yokri, Nembe Creek, Imo River, Okan, Odidi, Obiafu/Obrikom, Jones Creek, etc. all falling far short by comparison.” Last February, Bonga attained the one billion barrels of oil export mark. Also, he minded the construction and the commissioning of the Utorogu Gas Plant, the largest stand-alone gas plant in the country that supplies the Egbin Power Plant which generates 1, 320 megawatts.
He tried to arrest the fiscal recklessness in NNPC but his efforts were frustrated by the fleeting nature of appointed public officials that undermined policy continuity.
This piece of work has a phenomenological deficit. There are issues concerning the subject that ought to have merited detailed analysis. His loss of his first child overseas in 1969, and his detention and subsequent efforts to beat the dragnet of the security are insightful but missing is the element of shared experience.
Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have threatened to ground economic activities nationwide from November 14, following the abduction and assault of NLC President, Joe Ajaero, last week.Falconets’ Head Coach, Christopher Danjuma has selected 19 players for the national team’s Colombia 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Tanzania next Sunday.
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