Nigeria’s debt rises by N9.61tn under Buhari
Under President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria has grown its debt portfolio by N9.61tn, statistics available from the Debt Management Office have shown. According to the DMO, Nigeria’s debt stood at N21.73tn as of December 31, 2017, while the figure as of June 30, 2015 was N12.12tn. This means that within a period of 30 months – …
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The Tragedy of Lagos by Pius Adesanmi
Lagos state has the most opaque finances in Nigeria because she has been run since 1999 by cosmopolitan minds who need a progressive veneer for crude and conspicuous consumption. Other personal slave plantations such as Kwara, Delta, and Imo, are less opaque because the Emperor has no burden of pretending to be a progressive. For …
Rolls-Royce Phantom review by Jonathan Crouch
The eighth generation Rolls-Royce Phantom is quite an achievement. Ten Second Review The Rolls-Royce Phantom was the car that re-launched its brand in inimitable style and in this eighth generation form, it's still a super-luxury saloon that still commands the road like no other car on Earth. Massive in every respect and full of cutting-edge …
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Risk of absconding is not a trump card in unlawful detention cases By Bilaal Shabbir
Credit: William Warby on Flickr Short and sweet is the best way to describe the High Court’s decision in BS v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 454 (Admin). It comes as a useful reminder that whether detention is “reasonable” depends on all the circumstances of the case. In particular, the risk of a …
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