Nigeria is blessed with 57 million economically active citizens, but the shocking truth is that only 761,000 of this number are registered to pay personal income tax. In fact, if it wasn’t for Pay As You Earn (PAYE) which is deducted at source, the majority of us would probably find a way to evade what we commonly misconstrue as the ‘tax burden.’

No vehicle can run indefinitely without a refuel, just as no tree can hope to remain sturdy without water and sunshine. Without a doubt, the events of recent weeks have invested in the above quotes with unbelievable seriousness and inscribed this painful truth deeply into the breasts of our national life.

JAMB should carry out a thorough evaluation and reassessment of the conduct of this year’s examination and look into areas where there were hiccups

It is so difficult to be immune or mute to both the fact that Kogi exists, and how it even exists.  The Confluence State, as it is proudly referred to by indigenes and residents, has become a confluence of absurdities. 

The social media was recently awash with wild insinuations about “widespread, massive sleaze” in the Federal Inland Revenue Service. This was apparently based on unverified accounts by some online media platforms.