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Nigeria: A Gangsters’ Paradise at the Edge of the Abyss

Empires do not collapse because enemies are strong. They collapse because leadership becomes unserious, corrupt, insulated and convinced of its own permanence. When the Roman Empire drifted into the hands of men like Caligula and Nero, power ceased to be stewardship....

Akpabio’s Senate and the destiny of a people – By Evaristus Bassey

Evaristus Bassey. His Excellency Godswill Akpabio is a lucky man, he always gets his way. Ever since he was brought from Lagos by Obong Victor Attah and made commissioner, it has been one political success over another. From being a two-time commissioner, he became a...

Confusion as Political Strategy: Is 2027 Being Engineered for Crisis? – Samson Itodo

Samson Itodo. The current controversy unfolding ahead of the 2027 general election was entirely avoidable if only Nigeria’s political elite prioritized public interest and collective good above narrow, self-serving agendas. There was no justification for delaying...

A Senate That Keeps A Promise

The Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results is not a technical disagreement. It is a political affirmation. It is the practical follow-through to a public promise made to Bola Ahmed Tinubu that 2027 will be “seamless.” The Senate is...

Bola Tinubu’s Tax Laws: Tainted By Bad Faith, Integrity Deficit

By Olu Fasan. Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu...

Nigerian Tax Reforms: Between Tinubu And The Biblical Zacchaeus –The Wicked Tax Collector

. . .Tinubu's tax reforms risk becoming instrument of intimidation rather than development Lawrence Ekong. In Biblical times, Zacchaeus was a tax collector despised not for the act of taxation itself, but for his corruption and extorting beyond what was lawful and...

Insecurity: Is it time to redraw Nigeria’s map? By Taiwo Adisa

Nigeria had cause to redraw its map some years back, and it was justifiably so. Following the loss of the case filed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between Nigeria and Cameroon, over the ownership of oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, the government of President...

Nigeria 2027: Iran as Metaphor

The streets of Tehran burn with a rage that has consumed over 116 souls. From the ashes of that rage, a warning rises like smoke signals across continents—a message written in the blood of protesters who dared to say "enough." In Nigeria, we watch Iran's convulsion...

The Tax Reform Act — Process failure, credibility crisis, and the imperative of public accountability, By Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili

As a practitioner in economic policy, I am naturally disposed to support tax reforms that strengthen growth, equity, fiscal sustainability, and state capacity—without compromising core principles of taxation or the credibility and legitimacy of the lawmaking process....

BAND A, BAND B, BAND C… AND THE LEGALISED PLUNDER OF THE POWERLESS

By Jeffrey Anyasi. Nigeria has perfected a strange arithmetic:The more you claim to give, the more you are allowed to take.Thus were born Band A, Band B, Band C, not as an instrument of efficiency, but as a sophisticated taxonomy of exploitation. Under this...
Nigeria: A Gangsters’ Paradise at the Edge of the Abyss

Nigeria: A Gangsters’ Paradise at the Edge of the Abyss

Empires do not collapse because enemies are strong. They collapse because leadership becomes unserious, corrupt, insulated and convinced of its own permanence. When the Roman Empire drifted into the hands of men like Caligula and Nero, power ceased to be stewardship....

A Senate That Keeps A Promise

The Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results is not a technical disagreement. It is a political affirmation. It is the practical follow-through to a public promise made to Bola Ahmed Tinubu that 2027 will be “seamless.” The Senate is...

Akpabio’s Senate and the destiny of a people – By Evaristus Bassey

Akpabio’s Senate and the destiny of a people – By Evaristus Bassey

Evaristus Bassey. His Excellency Godswill Akpabio is a lucky man, he always gets his way. Ever since he was brought from Lagos by Obong Victor Attah and made commissioner, it has been one political success over another. From being a two-time commissioner, he became a...

A Senate That Keeps A Promise

A Senate That Keeps A Promise

The Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results is not a technical disagreement. It is a political affirmation. It is the practical follow-through to a public promise made to Bola Ahmed Tinubu that 2027 will be “seamless.” The Senate is...

Bola Tinubu’s Tax Laws: Tainted By Bad Faith, Integrity Deficit

Bola Tinubu’s Tax Laws: Tainted By Bad Faith, Integrity Deficit

By Olu Fasan. Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu...

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