Lies, damned lies about fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
For decades, removing the petroleum subsidy in Nigeria was a political hot potato and then a political football. The first metaphor refers to the squeamishness of some past governments about removing the subsidy. The second describes self-interested and hypocritical politicians whose presidential ambitions led them to be Janus-faced on subsidy removal. In 2012, Bola Tinubu […]
The Tax Rebirth: Nigeria’s fiscal gamble in the age of public distrust, by Stephanie Shaakaa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done something few Nigerian leaders have ever dared. He has cracked open the hardened crust of our tax system
What Ironsi told Bamigboye, by Emeka Obasi
General Johnson Aguiyi – Ironsi was firm when he ordered Captain David Laisi Bamigboye to stick to Beatrice Chinyere Asagwara forever, after their wedding at St. George’s Garrison Church, Point Road Apapa on Saturday February 6, 1965. Ironsi who was the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Nigeria Army, chaired the wedding reception which held at Headquarters, Nigeria […]
Is Kashim Shettima doomed or defiant? By Ugoji Egbujo
The Yoruba say a lie can hide for eight years, but one day, truth will expose it. The evil that men do lives after them, yet the harm President Tinubu has inflicted on Nigeria’s democracy may not wait for his departure to unravel. Tinubu suspended Fubara like he owns the country. But Shettima’s calculated revelation has now left […]
Revisiting that demolition of the property of Peter Obi’s brother, by Muyiwa Adetiba
It should not happen to anyone. Nobody should have to wake up in the morning to see their property worth billions of naira being demolished; or worse, completely demolished. And as a consequence, to find that the future of a business the property houses, a labour of love and sweat of several years, has suddenly become seriously […]
Delta State no dey carry last, by Francis Ewherido
When we say DELTA STATE NOR DEY CARRY LAST, we are not saying we are perfect people. We are simply saying we naturally crave for excellence. It didn’t start today. In the Midwest Region which was renamed Bendel before Delta State and Edo state emerged from Bendel State, we dominated in sports and academics. In the last […]
