Perspectives
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From China’s experiences, President Tinubu on path of history with economic reforms, By Oche Echeija Egwa
By nature, most people would like to dodge payment of taxes if the system allows it. It’s not surprising that some easily agree with the saying that tax collectors rarely have many friends. But, for governments, taxes are a major policy instrument for shaping, and reshaping, the economic destinies of their countries. In this regard, President Bola Tinubu’s sense of…
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Lessons from the P & ID case, By Sam Kargbo
The Case of Process & Industrial Development (P & ID) should motivate us to pay attention to the Offices, Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government that are established and empowered to exercise the executive powers of the President. There is hardly any Nigerian who does not have his or her self-invented negative characterization of Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola…
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Iyalode Alaba Lawson, a true Afenifere, By Oloye Lekan Alabi
Long before the late Chief Augustus Meredith Adisa Akinloye, a former Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the now-defunct Western Region of Nigeria, dubbed the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo-led Action Group(AG), Afenifere, in 1952, had existed the Yoruba cognomen “AFENIFERE” for a person of goodwill, decency and charity. Like “OMOLUABI”, “AFENIFERE” is a desirable and coveted toga, a trueborn…
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Imperative for implementation of prison electronic tags for inmates awaiting trial in correctional centers in Nigeria, By Olukayode Ajulo
It is imperative for me to propose the urgent implementation of prison electronic tags for inmates awaiting trial in Nigeria. This initiative aims to address the pressing issue of overcrowding in prisons, expedite the judicial process, and optimize the utilization of government resources. The current state of Nigeria’s prison system is burdened by the high number of inmates awaiting trial.…
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A Farewell To Professor Ben Obi Nwabueze, a true titan of the law and a beacon of wisdom, By Olukayode Ajulo
Today, I feel a profound sadness as I receive the news of the passing of a mentor and an extraordinary man, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN. His departure leaves another void in my world, and I cannot help but gather my thoughts to pay tribute to his remarkable life, his immense contributions, and the profound impact he had on the legal…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Atiku and rotational presidency, By Chris Adetayo
Today, former VP and recently failed Presidential flagbearer of the PDP, Abubakar Atiku, suggested that the Presidency should be rotated from one Zone to another. One of his justifications is that it will prevent the gang up of 2 Zones dominating the Presidency. I find this suggestion intriguing. The bit about preventing a gang-up is an undisguised shot at the…
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A matter of principle, By Muhammadu Buhari
When an anonymous contractual dispute ballooned into a multibillion-dollar arbitration award, Nigeria decided it was time to fight back, writes Muhammadu Buhari RARELY in modern times can so few have tried to take so much from so many. If Nigeria had lost its arbitration dispute with Process & Industrial Development in a London court on 23 October, it would have…
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Olubunmi-Ojo, Wike, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye: Kudos, knocks for Tinubu’s ministers, By Bolanle Bolawole
With the verdict, last Thursday, of the Supreme Court of Nigeria confirming the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the Saturday, 25 February, 2023 presidential election and the duly elected President of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of its Armed Forces as declared by INEC, those challenging the outcome of the said election came to the end…
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For the records: The powerful valedictory speech by Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad
SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. JUSTICE MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD,JSC, CFR, AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD IN HIS HONOUR, AT THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA, ABUJA,ON FRIDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023 My lord, the Honourable the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola GCON permit me to adopt and rely on the protocols you earlier established at this event. With…
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Amaechi should please grow up and stop all these lies, By Hadiza Bala-Usman
Recent newspaper reports of false claims attributed to the eternally petty ex-Minister of Transportation, His Excellency Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, about me did not come to me as a surprise. In his over two decades in public office, Nigerians must be used to the fluidity with which he tells lies, manipulates facts, and talks out of turn. Here is someone who…
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