Ike Oguine

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Ike Oguine
Born (1900-01-01) January 1, 1900 (age 125)
Citizenship Nigeria
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Lawyer
  • Pundit

Ike Oguine (born 20th century) is a Nigerian writer and lawyer. [1]

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He has been described as part of the third generation of Nigerian literature. [2]

Career

As a commentator, Oquine has written several opinion pieces for the New Internationalist , West Africa and The Times Literary Supplement , and has written several short stories.

His debut novel, A Squatter's Tale , was first published in 1997 and later republished as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series in 2000.

Oguine's professional career is as a lawyer. First, he worked for Chevron Corporation as the lead counsel on the West African Gas Pipeline, the Escravos GTL, the Brass LNG Project and the ONLNG project. [1] From April 2014 to May 2015, he served as general counsel to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC Limited), under an appointment made by Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oguine, Novelist, Is Nigeria's Top Petroleum Lawyer". Africa Oil & Gas Report. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Adesanmi, Pius; Dunton, Chris (1 May 2005). "Nigeria's Third Generation Writing: Historiography and Preliminary Theoretical Considerations". English in Africa . 32 (1). ISSN   0376-8902 . Retrieved 20 March 2025.



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