Nigeria’s 2025 Tax Laws: A New Fiscal Dawn or Another Paper Reform? By Prof. Chiwuike Uba, Ph.D., ACTI, FCNA For decades, Nigeria’s tax system has symbolised everything wrong with the country’s broader fiscal culture—narrow tax bases, overburdened workers, under-taxed elites, a thriving informal sector, and rampant...

What Some Homes Endure in the Name of Marriage By Hafsat Ibrahim Some wounds do not bleed. They live in silence. They hide in shadows. And too often, they grow in places that should feel like home. Domestic violence is one of the most dangerous cancers...

Celebration or Crime? When Culture Clashes with Crucial Currency Control, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   In Nigeria, no celebration is quite complete without the familiar flutter of naira notes cascading through the air. It is an unmistakable expression of joy, generosity, and cultural pride. From weddings...

Nigeria Pledges Climate Solidarity with Saint Lucia, Targets Disaster Risk, Funding Gaps By Umar Farouk Bala Nigeria has pledged to support Saint Lucia in confronting shared climate challenges, especially in areas of adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and access to global climate finance. This commitment was made during...

The Other Side of Nigeria's Economic Story By Hanniel Sebatie Noboh On paper, Nigeria is booming. The World Bank says the economy is growing. The GDP has bounced back from its pandemic dip, about five years ago. Reports from the National Bureau of Statistics look positive,...

Rewriting Nigeria’s Fiscal Map with a New VAT Sharing Formula By Zekeri Idakwo Laruba In what may become one of the most consequential reforms of Nigeria’s fiscal system, President Bola Tinubu has signed into law a new Value Added Tax (VAT) sharing formula that dramatically alters...