Perspectives
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Dangote, Air Peace and the patriotism of capital, by Chidi Amuta
Money is perhaps a homeless vagrant. It has no nationality or permanent homestead in real terms. It goes and stays only where its masters are wise, prudent and far sighted. But in a world dominated by nations and their interests, real money is first a national asset and tool of governance and sovereign assertion. When money thus becomes a source…
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The implications of naira’s unprecedented rally, by Tope Fasua
Unprecedented, yes! Never has the naira made such a comeback against global currencies – especially the US dollar – as it has in recent times. Even Bloomberg and other financial news sites have called it ‘world-beating’. The last time the naira ever made some recovery was from the one-way devaluation that was the upshot of our dalliance with the Structural…
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The importance of the month of Shawwal & six days fasting, by Ibrahim Adémólá Òrúnbon
Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari relates that Allãh’s Messenger (peace be upon him) says: “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days of fasting in the month of Shawwal, it will be as if he had fasted the year through.” (Sahih Muslim, 1163) The month of Shawwal is singled out for the observance of extra fasts, since…
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Nigeria: The changing governance story, by Temitope Ajayi
Tracking many stories of remarkable progress currently taking place in Nigeria can be a very difficult task. This is so because these important stories are lost to some who daily indulge in the cacophony of negative reports. These negative news often dominates the headlines. With a 24-hour news cycle that tends to focus only on the distasteful narratives, several Nigerians…
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Bouquet for the Amazon of multi-tasking at 60, by Louis Odion
David Ricardo framed it as the law of diminishing returns. There is always a point of saturation. There comes a juncture where, to adapt the thesis of one of the most influential English economists of the nineteenth century, human productivity begins to decline on account of task overload. The breed the English nobleman has in mind could, however, not be…
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Re: Ganduje and the legal challenges facing APC, by Salihu Moh Lukman
Twists and turns of events in APC surrounding the contestation in Kano State about the attempted suspension of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, APC National Chairman, by his Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa Local Government is, to say the least, scandalously being mismanaged by both Dr. Ganduje and the APC National Working Committee (NWC). Noting a video in circulation, which showed…
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Ten years since Chibok—Nigeria will no longer pay the price, by Bola Tinubu
Ten years ago today, 276 girls were abducted in the night from their school in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria. The attack by Boko Haram pricked the conscience of the world. From London to Washington, protesters held placards reading #BringBackOurGirls—the hashtag the girls’ families had posted to pressure their idle government into action. It would take almost three weeks for then-Nigerian President…
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If this is not genocide then what the hell is? By Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
“We do not have evidence of Israel committing genocide in Gaza”- Gen. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defence of the United States of America. Never in the history of humanity and in the comity of nations has such an asinine, puerile and indefensible statement been made by a high-ranking Government official. It reflects the dishonesty, wickedness, insensitivity, depravity, deceit, hypocrisy, double…
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Understanding TaxPro-Max by FIRS, by Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello
Amid economic challenges worsened by changing oil prices and COVID-19, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has recognized the critical need for innovative revenue generation methods. Therefore, FIRS has introduced TaxPro Max as a solution to address Nigeria’s critical revenue problems. The introduction of an input VAT credit mechanism and the modification of the sales adjustment process are among the…
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The Electricity Conundrum, by Bolaji Adebiyi
The people’s resistance to increased tariffs reflects their disappointment with the sector, writes Bolaji Adebiyi It was the lot of Musliu Oseni, vice chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, to carry the sad tale of an upward review of tariffs in the electricity sector last week. He told Nigerians that the regulatory authority had approved an increase in…
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