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Alaafin Of Oyo

A reflection on the Alaafin: Preserving Yoruba cultural authority in modern times

By REMI LADIGBOLU  Ejo ki i se ti ara eni ki a ma mo da (One must be honest with oneself, even when judgement is uncomfortable). Any fair reflection on the present controversy surrounding the Alaafin’s place within contemporary governance must begin with that honesty. Oyo’s historical relegation did not arise from a single cause. It […]

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Tinubu’s tax laws: Tainted by bad faith, integrity deficit, by Olu Fasan

Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, he was on to something truly transformative if

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Nigeria at the crossroads: The politics of 2027, by Usman Sarki

“The over-riding concern of the Supreme Military Council has been the need to ensure good government, orderly progress and harmony of the nation“—  General Olusegun Obasanjo, 21 September 1978 How the overriding concern of Nigeria’s current political dispensation aligns with the imperatives of good government, orderly progress and national harmony will be tested—proved or belied—by the

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