The challenge before Ekiti State, my snake-bite story
By TUNJI OLOWOLAFE After the Kiriji War of 1877 to 1886, our forefathers chose these iconic hills for their majestic beauty, strategic security and temperate climate. Perhaps that is why Ekiti people carry such unmistakable pride in our heritage, our values and our good looks. Some may even boldly argue that we are the best-looking […]
Between FIRS-France DGFIP MoU: Separating facts from fictions
MoU signed between FIRS and France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP) recently, has triggered intense public debate
The intervention in Benin
By NICK DAZANG Be it participating in peacekeeping missions and operations, in salvaging and rescuing embattled governments or staunchly supporting liberation movements, Nigeria has a rich and luminous history. Shortly after its independence, Nigeria played a pivotal role in keeping the peace, under the auspices of the United Nations, UN, in the Congo. Thereafter, it sent a […]
Matawalle: Judging a book by its cover
President Tinubu should ignore the rancid rancor from the Matawalle haters. The minister is working with the security apparatchik in a seamless synergy that promotes unity, effectiveness of non-kinetic measures and preservation of the lives
Truth under siege: Nigeria’s urgent war against digital misinformation
By SHUAIB AGAKA Listening to the Director General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, speak at the Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, event themed “Managing Crisis in a Digital Age” drove home an uncomfortable truth: the internet is no longer just a network. It has become a battlefield-vast, chaotic, and invisible-where the weapons are not bullets but […]
Rulers now to use words, not budgets
By VICTOR DADA For centuries, governance has been equated with budgets, how much a government can spend, borrow, -allocate, or distribute. Nations are judged by the size of their annual appropriations, not by the quality of their developmental intelligence. Yet history and comparative institutional analysis confirm a persistent truth: no volume of public expenditure has ever permanently […]
