By Daniel Adaji The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it collected over N10 trillion in tax revenue in the year 2022, the highest tax collection ever recorded in its history. The Service made this known in its “FIRS 2022 Performance Update,” report signed by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, and […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data from January to June, 2022 indicate that inflation rate is higher in Kogi State than in relatively developed states like Kano, Lagos, Port Rivers and even the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. An agrarian state, with a lot of civil servants, it is surprising that […]Continue Reading
By Eric Teniola In June 2005 we were so ecstatic in celebrating the debt relief offered us, a relief of over $20billion, which was beyond the total revenue of Nigeria for one year. So happy were we that President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, had to make a broadcast to the nation on June 30, 2005. He […]Continue Reading
By Theophilus Abbah A hot and deadly arrow flying across Nigeria over Chinese loans hit my heart and mind last Friday, destabilizing my weekend, and leaving me with bleary eyes. The arrow was very devastating because, like every victim of misfortune, I did not forecast it. As the debate on the sovereignty clause in Chinese […]Continue Reading