Their fear is not unconnected to the belief that the new operator would before long break the strength of monopoly they have been riding on over the years.
At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin had managed to retain its independence and the Oba exercised a monopoly over trade which the British found irksome.
He noted that Obi achieved "something remarkable" by breaking the monopoly of power established by the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin had managed to retain its independence and the Ọba exercised a monopoly over trade which the British found irksome.
The reality is that nobody has a monopoly of hate speech. Everybody should be civil in relating with their fellow men. We must eschew hate speech to avoid bad consequences.
"If the system in Nigeria was indeed working, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would not have run a monopolistic company called INTELS all these years, ripping off the Nigerian people and the Nigerian State before Muhammadu Buhari came and broke that monopoly
Warning that the Miyetti Allah had no monopoly of violence, the governor said that he only called on security agencies to arrest its leaders because the people of Benue State are law-abiding citizens.
In 2007, under President YarAdua's visionary mandate to broaden Nigeria's cement industry and break the monopoly in the sector, BUA was among the six companies selected and granted licenses.
In 2007, under President Yar'Adua's visionary mandate to broaden Nigeria's cement industry and break the monopoly in the sector, BUA was among the six companies selected and granted licenses.
QatarThe Michelin guide hasn't yet reached Qatar (watch this space), but it has no shortage of high-end restaurants, with luxury hotels also having the monopoly on the best.