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Under the guise of safeguarding citizens’ financial futures, Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye, the immediate past Police commissioner in Anambra state, allegedly established a network of investment platforms – Alpha Trust Insurance Club (ATIC). Although it was purportedly aimed at enriching the lives of Nigerians, the investigation proved otherwise as many investors said they fell victim of…
Despite prior ‘agreements’ with the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) outlining expected tax contributions based on the value of goods in their possession and evidence of payment, recent tax enforcement efforts target mostly Igbo traders, sparking controversy in the state. Many traders have received letters demanding payment of arrears tax dating back to 2018….
The anxiety preceding the hunger protests was palpable. The dress rehearsals on the part of officialdom were warlike. Government unleashed all manner of attack dogs to frighten off the planners of an over popularized nationwide protest wrongly captioned #EndBadGovernance. A nationwide protest without specific demands is doomed to fizzle out in futility once government disperses…
The Nigerian government’s recent attempts to quash the End Bad Governance protests have been utterly astounding. In a frantic bid to cling to power and maintain the status quo, they have resorted to a multi-pronged strategy of intimidation, manipulation, and division. By exploiting traditional institutions, the government seeks to create an aura of mystique and…
NNPC Audited Report for 2022 showed they paid For 20% shares in Dangote Refinery – Dangote says it’s a Lie. Under Buhari’s govt, the NNPC committed to invest $2.7bn and buy 20% shares in the Dangote Refinery. In January, the NNPC, after intense pressure, released their Audited Financial Report for 2022. In the report, they…
Monopoly often exists where there are high barriers to entry or high capital costs. How many individuals or companies can do railways? How many can do refineries of the scale of Dangote Refineries? In a nation that has been importing refined petroleum products for several decades, the abnormal simply became very normal. No smart investor…
It is not entirely surprising, yet the implications can be far-reaching. Beyond the potential for an unprecedented first female president in America, Uncle Sam’s Land of Liberty, facing the toughest threat yet to its superpower supremacy, could be in for an inflammable Donald Trump’s second term at the White House. Whichever way the pendulum swings,…
It is difficult to believe. It sounds very strange. It was totally out of place. I tried to understand it, but I could not. It is so weird that it beats amazement. I tried so much to look for an excuse to rationalize this absurdity, but I could not find one. I found it difficult…
I have known the Nobel Laureate, Prof Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, who we fondly call Uncle Wole, Kongi, Prof and WS, for almost as long as I have known myself. He and my dad, Bola Ige were very close friends. They must have met at University College Ibadan, UCI- now University of Ibadan. They acted plays…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came to the job as an afterthought, yet his days in Number 10 were numbered before he received the ceremonial blessings of King Charles III. For a long time after Brexit, the Tories and sections of the British public, still in post-Brexit ecstasy, were madly in love with Boris Johnson….
