Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
How Kwara by-election would be won and lost
ON Saturday November 17, a couple of by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary seats will hold across some Nigerian states.
Random birthday thoughts as Buhari gives Zik a befitting burial
After driving through the road to hell that is Enugu- Onitsha Express Way, ( I better forget the inferno that tortures the soul between Obollo – 9th Mile) cursing myself for ever putting my personal car to the road from Abuja, my mood swung to delight, biting my lips, as I entered Onitsha and discovered that the long abandoned Zik’s Mausoleum has taken the shine off the nearby towering pinnacle of the All Hallows Seminary Church.
Nigeria’s tax ranking and its high-profile tax dodgers
THE World Bank has recently upgraded Nigeria in its tax collection ranking from number 171 to 157 in the world. This improvement is the outcome of the efforts by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to raise tax revenues from a dismal six per cent of the Gross Domestic Product to a higher level commensurate to the size of our economy.
Perspective on the Senate and NLNG dividend
The Nigerian Senate in the first week of November 2018 raised dust on and set up an ad-hoc committee to look into how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, used N378 billion to cover the under-recovery cost of fuel supplied to Nigerians.
Nigeria Aviation : Impending increase in passenger service charge (PSC)
Close observers of the happenings in the Nigerian Aviation Industry will be familiar with the drive and actions of the current administration to step out of the box in doing the needful as regards growth, safety, quality of service and ease of doing business in and around Nigerian airports.
