By Olukorede Yishau I did not stumble on The Insight the way many people discover good journalism these days. It was not through a loud advertisement or a breaking news alert, but through an almost quiet recommendation that arrived via WhatsApp. I clicked. I stayed. And I understood, almost immediately, why Adejuwon Soyinka, a former [&hellip...
By Bola BOLAWOLE ERSTWHILE GOVERNOR of Ekiti state, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has said only prayers will save Gov. Siminalayi Fubara from impeachment. The Rivers State House of Assembly is making the third attempt to impeach the governor, the first two attempts having floundered on the altar of efforts at political resolution of the rofo-rofo fig...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE A ONE-time presidential aspirant in the United States (US) was asked, if he loses the primaries, whether he would accept to be the running mate to the victor, but he quipped: “I hate all vices, including the vice-president!” I, too, hate all vices, the vices of godfathers and godsons inclusive! We should […]
𝘉𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘹 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 WE WELCOME all perspectives that contribute to a shared understanding and successful implementation of the new tax laws. We acknowledge that a few points raised by KPMG are useful, particularly where they relate to implementation risks and clerical or cross-referencing issues. However, th...
By Olukorede Yishau OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, the brilliant mind behind the Booker-nominated ‘My Sister the Serial Killer’, has delivered a sophomore novel, ‘Cursed Daughters’. Her new baby packs a punch. It is no surprise it made the Time 100 Books for 2025, the year that has just slipped by. Braithwaite offers us a novel ...
By Kunle Oyatomi ON FRIDAY, January 2, 2025, chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr Ladan Salihu, appeared as a guest on Arise TV, where he was confident and direct. Without wasting words, he spoke like a man on an already pointless mission to rally support for unseating President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Beaming […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE TWO MOMUMENTOUS events, nay three, closed Year 2025 and flung open the door to the new year 2026. If morning shows the day, as they say, then, we must watch Year 2026 with keen interest. One was the gruesome accident involving former world boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, along the Ogun state axis […]
By Owei Lakemfa AMIDST FIRES, wide scale destruction and bloodbath, the predatory United States, US hawk, swooped on President Nicolas Maduro. It then flew out, holding in the grip of its talons the Venezuelan President and his wife, Cilia Flores. The hostages were deposited at a New York detention facility. Some appeared shocked that a [&hell...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE AS YEAR 2025 becomes history, there is the need to attempt a forensic analysis of this momentous year, in which Nigeria suffered its first “invasion” by a foreign power since its flag independence in 1960. While the United States of America (USA)’s intervention in the killing field that Nigeria has become is […]...
By Tanimu Yakubu A STRIKING feature of Nigeria’s current economic debate is the enthusiasm with which huge numbers are circulated—and the casualness with which they are assembled. Tax collections are added to oil receipts; oil receipts are added again under customs or “subsidy savings”; borrowing is treated as income; and th...
