This will stick in memory for life. It was March, 2020. The whole world was at the edge. A pandemic was on the prowl, and the auguries were not good. …
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Dele agonistes
John Milton, celebrated 17th century English poet, has provided for us in his Samson Agonistes a metaphorical dramatisation of the full import of the meaning and consequences of human struggles, …
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The reaffirmation by the Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali, Central Bank of Nigeria, that the Supreme Court of Nigeria’s ruling of December 29, 2023, that old N1,000, N500 …
Read More »National grid collapse, vandalism and energy insecurity
As we count down to the end of 2024, one of the things that define this year is the exponential growth in the incidences of collapse of the national grid …
Read More »Lessons from Ghana
The recently concluded general election in Ghana, by its widely acclaimed success, provides a strong reason to query the justification of attributing status of a giant to Nigeria in the …
Read More »Tinubu’s taxing times
A mere four years after emerging from a civil war, in 1974, Nigeria was at the beginning of an oil boom. The post Tinubu’s taxing times appeared first on The …
Read More »Hasty speculations violate rules of helicopter crash probe
The crash of a Sikorsky SK76, with registration 5NBQG, operated by East Wind Aviation recently has elicited varied reactions from aviation and outside of the industry. The post Hasty speculations …
Read More »At 82, Buhari wraps up in silence and dignity in Daura
Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as president following a decisive victory in the 2015 general elections and was re-elected with an even bigger majority for a second consecutive term of …
Read More »Transformation of taxation in Nigeria: Insights into 2024 tax reforms – Part 2
What does it mean: By merging various tax rules under one umbrella, the reforms remove all the hoops and redundant rules that impede compliance. The post Transformation of taxation in …
Read More »Past perfect tense: Real difference between has/have and had
To establish the difference between the use of ‘has/have’ and that of ‘had’, one needs to understand the essence of the past perfect tense. When two things occurred in the …
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