Perspectives
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ADC, Obidients, David Mark, activate Plan B immediately! — by Charles Novia
This afternoon, I had a phone conversation with Legal Luminary and a well-known Lawyer, Barrister Liborous Oshoma, who is also from my state, Edo State. We spoke mostly about the ADC crisis after he mentioned that he read my piece yesterday on the options before ADC right now. This evening on ‘Politics Today’ on Channels TV, I watched him analyse…
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2027: Don’t Pull Down the Roof, By Kashim Shettima
The political season is upon us again, and with it comes the familiar fever of democracy. Across our wards and local governments, across party offices and private homes, consultations have begun. Aspirants are making calls, elders are receiving visits, supporters are counting delegates, and the marketplace of ambition is alive once more. This is proof that our democracy still breathes.…
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Africa, Nigeria are not overborrowed but underfinanced – Fasua replies Sanusi — by Tope Fasua
I had already started writing an article in which I sought to communicate the very fact that the world is not (yet) invested in Africa or Nigeria, when the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II, made the statement to the effect that with subsidy removal, the federal government should not be borrowing at all. The article, therefore, seeks to…
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Adedeji sets clear vision for smarter revenue and stronger institutions in Nigeria — by Arabinrin Aderonke
I sat through the opening address at the commissioning of the Nigeria Revenue Service headquarters with a mix of curiosity and cautious optimism. Government speeches often lean heavily on ceremony and praise, but this one felt different. It was deliberate, structured, and most importantly, anchored in policy implementation and formulation. It did not just celebrate a building. It attempted to…
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Reform is not a windfall: Restoring revenue integrity, correcting price distortions — by Tanimu Yakubu
I. Introduction: The Illusion of Windfall Nigeria’s contemporary fiscal discourse has been captured by a convenient but fundamentally flawed proposition: that the removal of subsidy—particularly petrol subsidy—yields an immediate fiscal windfall. This claim is not merely inaccurate; it is analytically indefensible. Subsidy removal does not create liquidity. It eliminates a distortion. It corrects a mispricing. It improves the trajectory of…
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Saturday evening with the Okigbos — three things I took home — by Osita Chidoka
Patrick and Awele Okigbo opened their home last Saturday for what became a genuinely stimulating evening—a book club, but not the performative kind. Prof Okey Ikechukwu held us to what Yuen Yuen Ang actually argued in How China Escaped the Poverty Trap. The Chinese ambassador was in the room. The author, Prof Ang, joined by Zoom. Alongside Chichi Anigolu of…
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The pains and gains of crowdfunding health crisis – my experience — by Emeka Nobis
I may struggle with how to accurately outline coherently, but follow through, nevertheless. “I showed you a product you should use, but you preferred to be begging and wasting money.” When I broke the news of my mum’s cancer diagnosis and began to request for donations, I got lots of people from networking marketing companies in my inbox advising me…
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That Ibadan summit of political vultures, by Kola Amzat
On Saturday, April 25, the nation’s political vultures converged again in Ibadan. Their desire is continual political relevance after they’ve individually been displaced by the younger, creative and better-skilled political masters in PDP, NNPP and even, in the ruling party-APC. The Agenda for converging in Ibadan remained the same–forge a common front by presenting a sole presidential candidate that would…
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Endorsing Kashim? — by Tahir Ibrahim
As Hon. Obiagbon would say” crinkum crankum”.. the best word to use as able description of the noises and discordant tunes around the fate of the Asiwaju/ Shettima APC presidential ticket; is crinkum crankum. I am guessing that all the crinkum crankum and the hulabaloo about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR; dropping or picking Kashim Shettima for a second term…
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Ogun must compete with nations, not just neighbours — by Segun Showunmi
There is a quiet trap in Nigerian subnational politics: we compare ourselves to one another and call it ambition. State A builds a road longer than State B; State C commissions a project larger than State D. The bar is set internally, and so the ceiling remains low. Ogun cannot afford that trap any longer. Under a Younity agenda, our…
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