Opinion

The National Minimum Wage Act that came into force on 18 April 2019 prescribed a five-year review cycle. For that reason, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had the law on their side for…

Senator Kashim Shettima, a charismatic and eloquent politician, demonstrated exceptional leadership by proactively spearheading the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign, even before the aspirant’s official declaration. At…

Many Nigerians were caught unawares by yesterday’s revocation of the licence of Heritage Bank by the CBN, but among many industry operators, it was widely known that the bank has been severely distressed in the last five…

In a surprise move, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced it has revoked Heritage Bank’s operating license, effectively closing the institution and placing depositors at the mercy of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance…

Good God, we are madly in love with yesterday, aren’t we? We are always looking forward to yesterday. You know, the good old days. The days when we had…

There was celebration across social media during the week as President Bola Tinubu marked one year in office. What did you think? Oh! That people were celebrating the president and APC? Far from that! The celebration…

In Rivers State, a miracle has taken place. It is a miracle different from the every second miracles often…

On this day a year ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The first year of any administration is typically for…

One year after being in the saddle, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be the first person to admit that the ride has been bumpy. He is also the first to say he is unfazed by the turbulence as he remains focused on the…

In December, I wrote an article titled ‘Wike, Fubara and the 48 Laws of Power’ in which I predicted that Gov. Sim Fubara would emerge victorious in the war of attrition between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The…

Since the assumption of Zacch Adedeji as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, I have followed keenly the enunciation of his principles of taxation, which, to my mind, can translate to a pathway to…

It was the Prussian general and military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz  who said  war is continuation of politics by other means. This famous quote came to mind when the drama in Kano over claims to the commercial…

Time flies. It does. Our latest experience of democracy is almost a quarter of a century old. I was in Abuja on May 29, 1999 when Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over power to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Well, I…

I am not an enthusiast of the royal institution. I have never been. This is why I declined dozens of media requests yesterday to comment either on the propriety of Sanusi’s reappointment…

“You can’t bully reality.” Federal Government officials, ignoring the truth and chasing shadows, have been warned several times on these pages – particularly when they manage their offices as if might is…

After nearly 70 years of agitation, Nigeria finally looks set to establish state police. That is, every state will have its own police force. On Thursday,…

                    Last week, veteran singer, actor and activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, mocked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, describing him as a “mistake maker’ of the…

Penultimate week, the media outlets were awashed with news about the turn around of the former Governor Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State conceding  that he made a mistake by supporting the incumbent Governor, Siminalaya…

The grand conspiracy against the reemergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term that was hinted at by the President’s loyal political allies in the North is gradually but surely coming into the…

President Tinubu and his administration stand at a critical juncture, faced with the weighty decision of heeding the counsel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As elders wisely say, “To be forewarned is to…

Construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway has begun amid a myriad of fiscal and due process concerns. But indifference is the response of President Bola Tinubu’s administration…

“God, give me the courage to change the things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I can’t change and the wisdom to know the difference” – Irish Prayer. I campaigned on this page for eight years against…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu indeed met Nigerians in the cauldron of abject poverty. It was officially called multi-dimensional poverty. Muhammadu Buhari, the former President, did not hand over to Tinubu until poverty…

If, as proposed by the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms during the week, the current Value Added Tax (VAT) rate is increased to 10 per cent from the current 7.5 per cent, it is certain that…