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Farooq KperogiTax system

When a tax law is an illegality

By Farooq Kperogi What began as a routine legislative reform of the Nigerian tax system by the Bola Tinubu administration has transmogrified and metastasized into an allegation of unexampled transmutation…

Supreme Court, Rivers and the state of emergency - By Reuben Abati

Supreme Court, Rivers and the state of emergency – By Reuben Abati

Tinubu’s Benin Republic expedition - By Reuben Abati

Tinubu’s Benin Republic expedition – By Reuben Abati

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Ifeanyi Ubah dies in London
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Ifeanyi Ubah dies in London

Tinubu meets APC governors meet over nationwide protest
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Tinubu meets APC governors meet over nationwide protest

Don’t join nationwide protest - APC governors warn youths
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Don’t join nationwide protest – APC governors warn youths

Umo Eno: So far, so good
Akwa IbomUmo Eno

Umo Eno: So far, so good

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