Perspectives
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Lagos ahead with Sanwo-Olu’s ₦3.66tn Budget of Sustainability, by Funke Cole
The Lagos State ₦3.366 trillion 2025 appropriation bill, signed into law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, has once again shown that the Centre of Excellence continues to prove its worth and mettle as a pacesetter for the rest of the federating units. Just like the previous year, the 2025 Appropriation Bill represents a 32.5 per cent increase over the…
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INTERVIEW: “Northerners are not beggars. Our Governors should stop embarrassing us” – Ahmad Sajo
In this interview granted to a Television Station in Abuja, Adamawa State former Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmad Sajo, chided Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed and other Northern Governors opposed to the Tax Reform Bills presented to the National Assembly by President Tinubu for misrepresentating the Northern region as a basket case when the region is in fact the richest…
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2025 fiscal year: Nigerians must keep hope alive, by Kola Amzat
In recent history, the immediate past year indeed remains the toughest and most difficult years for Nigerians. It was the year the manifold effects of several on-going reforms by the federal government manifested full-blown. During that year, the federal government two (2) key policies of subsidy removal and floating of exchange rate necessitated the PMS Price to oscillate between…
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Notes from Accra on Mahama’s Day, by Olusegun Adeniyi
No fewer than 21 Heads of State, including Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame, as well as former African leaders like Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Jacob Zuma, among others, were at the Independent Square in Accra on Tuesday for the swearing-in ceremony of Mr John Dramani Mahama as President of Ghana. And it could not have escaped the attention…
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Tax Reform Bills: Governors have achieved their goal, says Governor Sule, by Ibidapo Balogun
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has declared that state governors opposed to the Tax Reform Bills have satisfied themselves and achieved their objective. The governors’ goal is to have the controversial bills further examined and discussed.“This is happening already,” he said. Governor Sule spoke on Wednesday evening when he featured on “Politics Today,” a discussion programme of Channels Television anchored…
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Foreign policy and the path to peace in a dangerous neighbourhood, By Yusuf Tuggar
Nigeria’s principle of strategic autonomy is one that abhors the presence of foreign forces and private military companies in our region, whether from east or west. Nigeria presently has troops on peace keeping operations in Guinea Bissau and Gambia, with Sierra Leone on the way, where it is also supporting the setting up of a logistics base in Lungi. Nigeria…
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The scourge of the scavengers! By Wale Bakare
Brigadier-General Audu lounged in the back seat of his official staff car, a Peugeot 607, and contemplated the future with a smile on his face. He looked forward to returning to his village in Benue and being able to give full attention to his farm. He had anticipated this day without fear. He had always been a simple and highly…
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Ghana, a black star rising high in the African sky, by Bola Ahmed Tinubu
It is always good when a friend and brother can visit the home of a close neighbour to celebrate his success and progress with him. We celebrate African Democracy today as Ghana and her beloved people mark the transition from one democratic government to another. This moment does more than symbolise another milestone in the evolution of Ghanaian democratic society.…
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Getting rid of foreign military presence may be the least of African countries’ problems, by Ebenezer Obadare
Of late, a distinct note of self-assertiveness has found its way into the pronouncements of many African countries. While the underlying mood most certainly dates back to the period before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, that it has been boosted by the global diplomatic fallout of the conflict, now approaching a third deadly year, goes without saying.…
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M. Yayale Ahmed: Filling gaps in Nigeria’s administrative reform history, by Tunji Olaopa
This piece was meant to be my address and reflection during a planned courtesy visit in 2024 to the Federal Civil Service Commission of my old boss, Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, commander of the federal republic (CFR), former Head of Service of the Federation, former SGF and Hon. Minister, Ajiyan Katagum, and Chairman of the Governing Council, Ahmadu Bello Univerity, Zaria;…
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