By whatever yardstick it is measured, the current management of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has, with its performance in the last four years, actually outperformed its predecessors. This is despite the recession that lasted from 2016 to 2017 occasioned by the steep crash in oil price. They performed better in terms of non-oil revenue. This was achieved through innovative thinking introduced by Babatunde Fowler-led management.

“There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And no hope for the spread of freedom, democracy and human dignity unless we treat health as a basic human right”.

The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been drawn to a write up online on Saturday, 9 November 2019 titled, “The FRSC: A Cartoonish Safety Agency,” by Ugoji Egbujo, which no forward-looking organisation could afford to ignore, not in self-defence, but for commitment to best practice and country’s general economic growth; also […]

By Dan Abakpa In September 2014, the Presidency served a pyrrhic victory to Nigerians over claims that it has killed Boko Haram’s most vicious leader, Abubakar Shekau. The public statement excited Nigerians but sadly turned out to be a ruse like previous such claims in July 2009 and another in late June 2013. The then […]

ONE of the cardinal agenda of the  administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is the war against corruption. In fact, his desire to fight corruption was among the factors that gave him an edge in the election.