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The National Assembly leadership wants Nigerians to believe that re-gazetting the tax law is a confidence-building exercise. In reality, it is an admission that the process has gone badly wrong—and that no one is quite sure who changed what, when, or on whose authority. Let us begin with the obvious. The 10th National Assembly, under …
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At about 2pm on Christmas Day—because nothing says “peace on earth” like a surprise airstrike—Donald J. Trump announced on his TruthSocial pulpit that he had ordered military strikes on ISIS camps in Nigeria. While most Nigerians were digesting rice, goat meat and unresolved family grudges, the Commander-in-Chief of Festive Chaos was busy pressing the “Tomahawk” …
A new US National Security Strategy sets out in stark terms Trump’s approach to Europe (Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty) Will our leaders - so slow in the past to react to Russian aggression - realise the transatlantic alliance is history? When this era’s history books are written, no one will be able to argue that Britain …
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It’s not often in Nigerian politics that a man grows into a role instead of shrinking under it, but Adams Oshiomhole seems to have done the political equivalent of fine wine—improving with age, and thankfully without the usual bitterness. I must confess, I find Oshiomhole a far better senator than he ever was a governor. …
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We’ve just witnessed a masterclass in post-colonial pathology. Boris Johnson—the man who once described black people as having “watermelon smiles,” called African nations “fantastically corrupt,” and lamented that Britain was “not in charge” of the continent anymore—was not just welcomed to Imo State, Nigeria. Governor Uzodimma paid him to come, hosted, and gave him a …
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