Police Pension Board Bill: Who Is Drumming For Rufai’s Dance?

By Adewole Kehinde While the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, was commending the National Assembly for its historic passage of the Police Pension Board Bill and the Nigeria Police Force College, Training School, and Institution (Establishment) Bill on June 6, 2023, one Rufai Oseni of Arise TV was busy kicking against it. There is broad agreement that the

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Why Nigeria Is Home To Electoral Fraud

By Ike Abonyi “There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one’s self.” ― John Gay So long as Nigerians are unwilling to confront their monsters frontally, so long will they have to live with electoral fraud. Nigerians were expecting the West to stop the Bola Tinubu swearing-in because he has a questionable mandate, a malady,

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The Essential Fred Onyeoziri (1941-2023)

By Uche Ugboajah What is likely to hit you at the first encounter with Fred Onyeoziri is his personable nature. Yes, he was such a pleasant person – full of life; charming; calm; and always unassuming. He even gets more amiable when he speaks. What comes out was always a disarming logic and brilliance too hot to be concealed, not

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Ribadu As NSA A Paradigm Shift

By Wole Oni The news of the appointment of Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (if true) is cheering and elating. Nigeria needs a paradigm shift from the regular and this appointment comes across as one. Ribadu’s choice is a master stroke from a great strategist that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu PBAT is known to be, he is an exceptional

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Fayemi’s Unpaid Debts To Aides Remain Outstanding

By Abiodun Borisade I’m Ekiti & I don’t have Stockholm syndrome… A probable reason why A “Class Action Lawsuit” must follow Fayemi’s EFCC visit. This is only for the intellectually mature… Night braving the storm fell from the goose-wing, into the cherub dawn, leaving behind the memories of clamour and chaos, to a convalescent day! It’s times like this that

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Facelift To Nigeria As Tax-to-GDP Ratio Increases To 10.86 Percent

By Kelechi Okoronkwo For a long time, more than twelve years, Nigeria wore a “Lowest Tax-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) Ratio” in the whole world like a garment. In tax and economy conferences and public discussions both local and internal, Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP status was always on the front-burner. While some people showed genuine concern, others scorned Nigeria for having a Tax-to-GDP

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Changing Bayelsa’s Narrative Through Human Capacity Development

By Pauline Febabor The Prosperity Administration under the leadership of Senator Douye Diri has made commendable progress in different strata of governance in Bayelsa State. One such noticeable area is in the development of human capacity, which is a cardinal policy of his administration. Upon assuming office on February 14, 2020, Governor Diri tonight it wise that the development of

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