Tax reform is policy, not politics
By Arabinrin Aderonke Every administration is ultimately judged by its willingness to confront difficult structural problems. For President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government, tax reform represents...
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Rethinking police deployments and political privilege ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections
By Chibuike Njoku & Ndu Nwokolo The deployment of police personnel to political elites and private individuals has become a defining feature of Nigeria’s security architecture and...
Political Economy of Nigeria’s Tax Reform: Power, politics, and compliance dilemmas
By Chukwuma Okoli & Ndu Nwokolo Taxes are a major source of revenue for countries. However, Nigeria’s performance in the area of taxation has been...
OZOEMENA: Why ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ must guide our national memory
By Emeka Okafor National symbols and commemorations are never neutral. They are not merely dates on a calendar; they signal what a nation chooses to remember,...
AFCON 2025 – An enchanting story begins its final journey
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The last time Morocco hosted the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 1988, it lost by a single goal in the...
The Supreme Court’s emergency politics
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu All judges are politicians whether they know it or not – Enrique Petracchi, former Chief Justice of Argentina, (2002) Among lawyers...
Nigeria and the ‘Narrow Corridor’: What Africa’s largest refinery says about power, accountability and development
By Patrick Okigbo III Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is an improbable figure to headline a debate about institutional reform. For decades, he exemplified the...
Breaking the chains of Godfatherism: Uba, Fubara’s path to autonomous politics
Govs Fubara and Uba By Godwin Onuh Odeh The very recent defection of the so much troubled and traumatised Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency...
Senator Ede Dafinone: A quiet force for change in Delta Central
By Chesa Chesa In the heart of Delta Central — spanning Sapele, Ughelli, Udu, and other local governments — Senator Ede Dafinone has quietly been...
Supreme enablers; constitutional outrage
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The judiciary have a wide scope for making political decisions.”J.A.G. Griffiths, ‘Constitutional and Administrative Law’, in Peter Archer & Andrew Martin...