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...
By Temitope Ajayi PUBLIC DEBATE on government finances in Nigeria is once again clouded by confusion, little knowledge, and deliberate misrepresentation. At the centre of the current controversy is a misunderstanding of the distinction between total revenue generated by government agencies and the portion that actually belongs to the federal ...
By Olukorede Yishau I WRITE this from America; a country I have now called my place of residence for about four years. But distance has not diluted identity. If anything, it has sharpened it. Living abroad has a way of clarifying who you are and where your emotional compass points. For me, no matter how […]
By Owei Lakemfa SHOLA AYEBOLA was one of the most principled student leaders that emerged from the University of Lagos, UNILAG in the late 1980s. Equally, he was one of the leaders of the 1990s pro-Democracy movement that eventually forced the military out of power. During one of the mass protests, he led the leaders […]
