Zacch Adedeji:Â Behold the tax man
Over dinner at the restaurant of the latest five-star hotel in upscale Lagos that Saturday, there was a pervading sense of confidence in the tax ecosystem expressed among diners, a motely crop
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The issue of insecurity in Nigeria
A trouble is a private matter and occurs when values cherished by an individual are felt by him to be threatened, while issues have to do with matters that transcend the local
The Igboho mini series: Act one, scene one!
The Sunday Adeyemo Igboho saga is not going to end without several mini-series. One of the mini-series was the event that happened in Soka area of Ibadan when security agencies carried out...
The challenge of these times
It does not require any special gift of discernment to see that all is not well with our country as it is not with the larger world in varying degrees.
Policy-research imperative in Nigeria’s development process
The crisis of research-policy nexus is a microcosm of the larger challenge of research dynamics in Nigeria. What we have observed about public administration percolates down from the larger higher...
Suspicious ‘Hope’, Kanu’s arrest & the north’s duplicity – Part 2
[dailymotion code=”k7MaHByWvCMlXAx1eyi” autoplay=”yes”] Continued from yesterday Nigerians further argue that if the country’s security agencies can synergize so efficiently with sister international bodies such as INTERPOL, then they should have been able
Best business practice to follow at this time
As businesses grow, the chase is usually for profit maximization, they introduce new products or services, create new marketing plans, invest in human capital and technology, all for expansion
Eyes on Africa’s rising debts
Of late, African leaders spotted a defining moment and seized the opportunity to recklessly borrow money with certain confidence guided by propaganda that a bright and prosperous future beckons for the continent
Fallacies and falsehood
Apparently, there is no stopping the unbridled distortion of our recent political history even by otherwise respected intellectuals to advance their pet project, the remaking of Nigeria via the mechanism
Policy-research imperative in Nigeria’s development process
In 1966, Professor Wolfgang Stolper, Advisor to Nigerian government on the First National Development Plan (1962-1968), delivered a stinging and prescient judgment that goes straight to the heart
Suspicious ‘Hope’, Kanu’s arrest, the north’s duplicity
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State is the typical Nigerian politician. With utmost dexterity, he has mastered the intrigues of survival in this most brutal and unconscionable trade.