By TINA TOLUTOPE PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has firmly rejected calls to suspend or delay the implementation of Nigeria’s new tax laws, insisting that the reforms will take effect on 1 January 2026 as scheduled, despite mounting political, legal and business-sector resistance. In a statement personally signed on Tuesday, the President described the reforms as […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS THE South-South in 2025 became Nigeria’s most volatile political theatre, with Rivers State serving as ground zero. President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule — suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the entire Rivers House of Assembly — was the boldest constitutional intervention in the region since 1999. The appointment of […]
By TOSAN OYAKHILOME-AKAHOMEN Court Fight, Political Clash: Tax Law Implementation in Limbo Legal Challenge Begins in Abuja High Court A vacation session of the Abuja High Court on Monday began hearing a suit aimed at halting the planned implementation of Nigeria’s new tax laws ahead of their scheduled commencement on 1 January 2026. […]
The Evidence Nigeria’s Courtrooms Would Demand, but Its Politics Never Did Identity Claims That Fail the Test of Identification IN Nigerian courts, evidence collapses the moment identity is contested without objective linkage. Curiously, Nigeria’s politics thrives on claims that its courts would reject: “we built it,” “we own it,” “they are strangers,” “they want to […]
By GODWIN KELECHI The Unusual Coup Target A Killing that Defied the Coup’s Pattern WHEN Nigeria’s first military coup struck on 15 January 1966, the logic appeared brutally clear: remove the political heads and military high command of the First Republic. Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa was killed. Northern Premier Ahmadu Bello was assassinated. Western Premier Samuel […]
Rep Calls on FG and NASS to Reconsider Tax LawBARRISTER MB Shehu, a member of the House of Representatives representing Fagge Federal Constituency, has urged the Federal Government to reconsider the recently passed tax reform law, stressing the need to prioritize the welfare of Nigerians. Speaking on Sunday at a gathering of the Kano Correspondents’ […]
The Bankability Test Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway: Inside Nigeria’s Most Complex Road Financing Close USD 1.26 Billion Deal: More Than a Loan, a Market Verdict THE Federal Government has secured USD 1.26 billion in fully underwritten financing for Phase 1, Section 2 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, covering 55.7 kilometres from Eleko (Lekki) to Ode-Omi. The […]
Christmas Bonuses, Political Branding, and the States that Understand the Assignment The Communication Gap NIGERIA’S civil service bonus culture is fractured not just by payment capacity but by communication ethics. In 2025, most state governments offered no official statement on bonuses despite stronger Federation and IGR receipts. Silence has become a political instrument—one that protects […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS Political Parties Demand Tax Law Corrections IN a strongly worded Christmas Day communiqué, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) urged the federal government to urgently address alleged discrepancies in the newly gazetted tax law before its rollout. The council warned that unresolved inconsistencies between the gazetted version and the version passed by the […]
Anioma State Quest: Ethnicity, Power Mapping and the Battle for Narrative THE call for Anioma State has resurfaced as one of the most politically loaded sub-national movements in Nigeria’s South-South, forcing a necessary interrogation of identity, ancestry, and geopolitical calculation. What began decades ago as a development-driven demand has increasingly mutated into a struggle over […]