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The promise of a new revenue formula
IT is interesting that a new Revenue Sharing Formula by the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) will be worked out soon to replace the 20-year old existing version. The chairman of the RMAFC, Mr. Elias Mbam said…
Nduka’s spectacular party, but not a political party
THE media coverage of Prince NdukaObaigbena’s 60th Birthday party has been a blitz. The millennials would have tagged it a super blast. Strangely, not much has been said about the “political party” which ran simultaneously with the…
Revolutionaries at work
I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 3rd president of the United States of America.REVOLUTIONARIES…
INEC, technology and 2019 elections
ONE issue that INEC has not shed light upon regarding its election server is the secret of the use of tablets like ipad called Z-pad which is the brand name of its manufacturer. The INEC server is useless if INEC ad-hoc staff did not send…
On dignity and liberty of citizens
THE provisions of section 34 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended are very explicit with regard to the right of every human person to be treated with some dignity. Hence, the section clearly outlaws the…
The role of youths in emerging Nigeria
NIGERIA is a country whose people are tired of the gerontocracy practised for decades by leaders. Nigerians and elder statesmen clamour for the replacement of our current set of leaders with technocrats and young people who move with the…
Day Soyinka gave Akeredolu thumbs up on infrastructure
NOBEL laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is unarguably an untiring Nigerian whose understanding and views on social and political issues in the country cannot be ignored by lovers of good government. Even the dictatorial military government…
Of South-West, feudalism and restructuring
FROM time immemorial, land has been a major cause of dispute between countries, cities and even villages. Nations have fought wars over territories. Lands and tribes have much in common, for people cannot exist without having to occupy a…
On safety of journalists
THAT some journalists have been killed during elections in Nigeria is public knowledge. And this detracts from us as a country in the eyes of the international community. It seems that the government has not made necessary provisions for…
An ode to the Giver of Life
IN the 99 names of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing, the All-Powerful, the Compassionate, the Merciful and the Great, I offer this ode unto Him alone.He is the God of the Holy Word, the Creator of all that is, the Giver of Life and…