Governors And Taxes

ShareSam Nda-Isaiah
Last Wednesday in Abuja, governors of the 36 states agreed to pay more attention to the collection of taxes. That is a good move, but I only hope the governors know exactly what they are going into. Collection of taxes is a very serious business in virtually every other country of the world except [...]

November 29, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Sam Nda-Isaiah  Comments

The NPA Six And Nigeria’s Two-Prison System

Shareby Reuben Abati
WHY won’t the NPA Six who were convicted by Justice Bunmi Oyewole’s court, a court of competent jurisdiction, and who have since been kept in prison not wear prison uniform? The only explanation that can be gleaned from reports in yesterday’s newspapers is that Nigeria runs a two-prison system: one for the rich [...]

November 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reuben Abati  Comments

Constitution on Trial at Appeal Court

Shareby Simon Kolawole
I don’t know much about Chief Andy Uba. He had always run his life away from the limelight, until he dived into the “murky waters” of politics. I have met him only once – at the THISDAY summit tagged “Nigeria Meets the World”, held in New York two years ago. He was in [...]

November 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Simon Kolawole  Comments


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