What initially began as isolated incidents after the death of Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram after his death in July 2009 later balooned into full-scale insurgency with which we have struggled to no end for 16 years. Then, the insurgents were trying to establish control over ungoverned spaces in parts of Borno State […]

IN the January 9 edition of this column, I discussed taxation, the new tax laws and the well-being of our country and our people in so far as taxation is concerned. Writing under the headline Government, Nigerians and Taxation, I surmised that a huge chunk of our people will remain outside the tax net and that tax […]

Just few days into the new year 2026, peace was, for the umpteenth time, shattered nationwide and in Kaduna State in particular when on Sunday 18 January, more than 170 worshippers were kidnapped in three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. First, we have become so unfortunate with insecurity that we are […]

MY fellow countrymen and women are surely in for a very rough ride along a very rough, bad road that leads to nowhere through a wilderness created and sustained by politicians and civil servants. You might like to ask why I’m writing this, or what led me to this conclusion. You see, sometime last year, […]

LAST week, I discussed here that the governments of Nigeria will have to do more to enable Nigerians pay tax the way the government wants them to pay it. The new tax laws which came into effect January 1, despite the furore over what was passed and what was gazetted is supposed to be a step in […]