Technology Features Politics

Nigeria’s New Tax Identity System and the Growing Debate Around Financial Oversight

By Paul Chimodo For decades, taxation in Nigeria has remained a complicated process for many citizens and businesses. Multiple identification numbers, inconsistent records, and bureaucratic bottlenecks have often made compliance stressful and confusing. Now, the Federal Government is introducing a unified Tax Identification system that could significantly transform how Nigerians are documented within the country’s

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Judiciary Features General

Where are Nigeria’s Lawyer-Statesmen? By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

On the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, that “the ablest lawyers are men whose past has naturally brought them into close relationship with the wealthiest and the most powerful.” What

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Judiciary Features General

Nigeria: The rise of judicial verdict without judgment

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the Economist described Nigeria over 18 years ago as a “democracy by court order”, it ventured into prophetic journalism. In the period since then, partisan politicians have become comfortable with playing second fiddle to judges, a sizeable number of whom have emerged as the most avid tribe of belligerents in the mortal

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Technology Features General

Prompt Engineering: Real Job or AI Mirage?

By Paul Chimodo Remember the tech headlines of 2023? Amid the rise of large language models like GPT-4 and Claude, the world was told that “prompt engineering” could be one of the hottest jobs of the decade. A career where crafting the right AI instructions might earn you six-figure salaries without needing deep programming skills.

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Features General Judiciary

In the House of ‘My Lord’, There are Judgments, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Abdul Leigh Balogun became a judge of the High Court of Lagos State in 1976. In a career as a trial judge spanning 17 years and three different decades, the man better known as A.L.A.L Balogun earned a deserved reputation as one of the most knowledgeable trial judges to adorn the Nigerian judiciary. His reputation

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President Tinubu’s Legal Practitioners Bill Seeks Capture and Reprisal, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Twenty-three days after the transmission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, better known as the Senate, held public hearings on 18 December 2025 to consider the Legal Practitioners Bill. At this pace, the bill will be certain to become law well before the middle of 2026. The journey to

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Nigeria’s Love Affair with Spraying Money

By Paul Chimodo By the time the talking drum rises and the master of ceremonies calls a name, the crowd already knows what comes next. Crisp naira notes appear from pockets and envelopes, fluttering through the air as guests step forward to spray celebrants at weddings, birthdays, funerals, album launches, political rallies, and graduation parties.

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Economy Entertainment & Lifestyle Features General Technology

Netflix Is Teaching Us Something About Distribution

By Paul Chimodo For years, discussions about Nigeria’s creative and business ecosystem have followed a predictable path. We celebrate talent. We highlight creativity. We speak endlessly about potential. From Nollywood to Afrobeats, from tech startups to fashion, the consensus is that Nigeria is bursting with ideas. Yet one uncomfortable truth remains largely unaddressed. Talent alone

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Features General Security

Police State or State Police? By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

On 26 November 2025, Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced in a statement personally signed by him that he had “decided to declare a nationwide security emergency” to be accompanied by some measures, including the recruitment by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Armed Forces of 20,000 and 50,000 new personnel respectively. In the

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Tinubu has a police palaver by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When Olusegun Obasanjo returned as the president of Nigeria in May 1999, according to Mohammed Dikko (MD) Yusuf, a former Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) he “inherited a Police Force that was poorly equipped, decimated in numerical strength, deprived of necessary logistics, and lacking, as it were, moral and public support necessary for effective performance and the enhancement

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