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Tekno and that assault on public morality
A Nigerian rap artiste, Augustine Kelechi, aka Tekno, was recently in the news for the wrong reasons. In the process of rolling out another ‘hit’ and remaining relevant in the music industry, he engaged in public filming of his music…
FG’s proposed imposition of VAT on online transactions
THE statement by Mr Babatunde Fowler, executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), that the service may, as from next year, ask banks to charge customers five per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on online purchases leaves…
APC on Atiku’s media statements
THE recent statement by the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) condemning Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in this year’s presidential election, would be hilarious if…
S/East govs’ initiative on security
BARELY 48 hours after the five governors in the South-East geopolitical zone unveiled new measures to improve security in the zone on July 28, suspected killer herdsmen struck, killing a Catholic priest, Rev Fr. Paul Offu. The attendant…
FG’s proscription of IMN
FOLLOWING the recent face-off between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and the security agencies, the Federal Government obtained an ex-parte court order proscribing the organisation last week. It was a move reminiscent of…
Senate’s farcical screening of ministerial nominees
THE list of ministerial nominees which President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted to the Senate virtually two months after his inauguration for a second term of office was approved by the Senate last week. It took the upper chamber of the…
Mr President, the constitution can be much fairer
LAST week, President Muhammadu Buhari took his habitual defence of Nigeria’s current skewed structure to an absurd level when he declared that the 1999 Constitution could not be fairer to all segments of the country. Speaking during a visit…
Unauthorised vigilantes on Ondo highways
RECENTLY, an Abuja-based lawyer and rights activist, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, reportedly had an encounter with some arms-bearing Fulani men at one of their checkpoints in Ondo State. The men were stopping people on the road; not in the bush paths.…
Locally made uniforms for (para)military organisations
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s recent Executive Order (003) on Support of Local Content in Procurement by ministries, departments and agencies of government, directing all uniformed institutions to patronize locally made garments, shows that,…
On Buhari’s ministers
BEFORE forwarding the list of ministerial nominees to the National Assembly for screening last week, President Muhammadu Buhari had put observers in suspense. Nigerians expected the likelihood of a go-getting team since the president had…