Perspectives
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The role of Nigeria’s 2025 tax act in agribusiness expansion, by Ade Adefeko
Nigeria’s 2025 Tax Act represents a watershed moment for the country’s agribusiness sector. As one of four comprehensive fiscal reform acts signed in June 2025, this landmark legislation is poised to revolutionise how multinational corporations invest in, operate within, and grow Nigeria’s agricultural value chain. Through strategic incentives, streamlined regulations, and forward-thinking policy frameworks, the government is making a deliberate…
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No, Nigerian air fares are not the cheapest – they are the most punished, by Dipo Kehinde
When Air Peace Chairman and CEO, Allen Onyema, recently appeared on Arise TV and declared that “Nigerians are paying the cheapest domestic air fares in the world… a one-hour flight costs over $400 abroad, but in Nigeria, we still have tickets for ₦125,000 (less than $60)”, the statement landed like a thunderbolt. Not because it was liberating, but because it…
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Forest Guards and the perils of ungoverned power, by Ojudu Babafemi
Nigeria has announced the creation of a new force—Forest Guards—tasked with securing the country’s vast ungoverned spaces. The intention appears noble. The communication has been loud. The urgency is understandable. But in a country with Nigeria’s history, no armed or semi-armed formation can be evaluated on intention alone. Power, once unleashed, must be interrogated—early, thoroughly, and without sentiment. The forests…
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Trump, terrorism and the crocodile tears of sovereignty proclaimers, by Victor Oladokun
A few days ago, the Trump Administration, in concert with the Nigerian Government, unleashed the wrath of military tech and might against certain terrorist cells operating out of Sokoto State, Nigeria. Suddenly, apologists for the terrorists, dressed in Babanrigas and Agbadas of various hues, along with a motley crew of pseudo writers, have found their voice. Overnight, they have inundated…
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Beyond saboteurs, the runaway cinema success of Funke Akindele’s ‘Behind the Scenes’, by Oladeinde Olawoyin
Some Nigerian filmmakers are fighting the law of economics and the battle is as amusing as it’s entertaining. From Niyi Akinmolayan through Toyin Abrahams and Ini Edo, the din has been identical: Cinema Houses are “sabotaging” their efforts with a lethal combination of horrible showtime and poor visibility which, ultimately, makes ticket sales and ROI difficult, if not impossible. Yet…
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Olusegun Awolowo and the legacy of princely service, by Godknows Igali
The sudden departure of Olusegun Awolowo on 27th November, 2025 was wholly unforeseen, leaving family, friends and the nation totally unprepared. It actually ripped a gaping hole in the fabric of Nigerian collective soul. At the very prime of his life, just 60 years, an age where wisdom and energy readily intersects to produce the most impactful service, this most…
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Open letter to Nigerian Muslims, by Bukola Oyeniyi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Assalamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you), my dear brothers and sisters in Islam and fellow Nigerians. I write to you with a heavy heart after the horrifying attacks of December 25, 2025, in Sokoto – a city we revere as a bastion of Islam in Nigeria and West Africa.…
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Bridging the gaps in budget implementation, by Tunde Rahman
To state that there are gaps in the implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets is actually stating the obvious. One does not need to be an economist or an expert in fiscal matters to know this. Top government functionaries charged with budgetary matters have all made the point and confirmed that the budgets were not fully funded for apparent…
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Eyo masquerade: Assault on passersby not an entertainment, by Festus Akanbi
Have you watched the clip of a video where a passersby was being harassed by Eyo Masquerade? It is a cruel irony of our public life that we suddenly rediscover the language of rights only when the state announces an unpopular policy. Then we speak loudly of freedom of worship, of the sanctity of life, of liberty. Yet when danger…
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Adamu Orisa, Eyo and the day Lagos honoured its ancestors, by ‘Dayo Adedayo
“Ṅkan tí à ńwá lọ Ṣókótó, wá ní àpo ṣòkòtò.” 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. This proverb framed my thoughts as I stood on the historic grounds of Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, on the 27th day of December, in the year of our Lord 2025. It is not a saying of complacency; it…
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