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Break away from austerity

Nigeria must break away from austerity so says the Director General, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, Dr. Baba Yusuf Musa. Dr. Musa was at the Arthur Mbanefo …

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The hypothesis of a U.S. military base in Nigeria

Globally, cascading crisis is informing strategic realignments, alliance recalibrations, re-setting of geopolitical priorities and new military pacts amongst sovereign states. In Niger, the military junta, following the coup d’etat of …

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Safeguarding Nigeria’s water resource

Nigeria, a nation blessed with abundant natural resources, faces a critical challenge in safeguarding its water resources from the detrimental effects of pollution. Water pollution, the contamination of water bodies …

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Bobrisky and tax reforms in Nigeria

The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one of the country’s best-known cross-dressers, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, was arrested on charges of abusing banknotes. He was later convicted and …

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Living wage not salary increment

Life in Nigeria has become miserable for the larger population as 2024 is one of the hardest years Nigerians have ever undergone after the ugly experience of civil war. The …

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President Tinubu’s controversial policies

Controversial policies of President Bola Tinubu, including removal of petroleum subsidy and electricity tariff hikes are making the masses to groan under serious economic strain. The post President Tinubu’s controversial …

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Corpus juris abracadabrum

There is a joke that when he or she wants an excuse to impress a client in order to finagle substantial earnings, a Nigerian lawyer resorts to Latin phrases. The …

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As the world celebrates Press Freedom Day

Like a ritual of the sort, Friday May 3, 2024, saw media professionals in Nigeria, members of civil society organizations and non-governmental organisations, among others, joined their counterparts across the …

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