Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric
By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
Minister Dalung, beyond reproach?
While Nigerians are celebrating that the Federal Government averted FIFA’s suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation, the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, is seemingly upstaging the Presidency on its intervention, insisting that the crisis can only be resolved through the regular courts of Nigeria and his Elders Stakeholders Reconciliation Committee.
FIRS: Triumph of tax reforms
If proof was needed on the effectiveness of the reforms being implemented in the country’s tax/ revenue collection and administration system by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), it was provided by the Service’s 2018 Half Year (HY) Revenue Performance Report, which showed an improvement of about 42 per cent over that of the same period in 2017 and indicated that the Service had already realized 75 per cent of its target for 2018.
Cross River 2019: The Edward Godswill factor
Prince Edward Godswill is young, popular and educated. But beyond all these attributes is his legendary human kindness. He is known in the Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency in Cross Rivers as a mentor to children and students.
Did I betray Richard Akinnola?
Chris Okojie had just returned from Enugu where he went to cover a league match.
Tears on My Day 18 Political Diary
Today has been a mixture of emotions and good tidings. My Labour Party nomination forms for Governor of Ogun State are in front of me. I am about to fill them.
