No Provision Will Impoverish North in Tax Bills - Presidency   The presidency yesterday reacted to the controversy surrounding the four tax reform bills that had passed second reading in the Senate, but got stuck in the House of Representatives, where further debate on the matter...

Averting a Looming Anarchy  In The North: 12 Poorly Utilised Opportunities And 8 Insidious Dangers, In Rough Magnitudes   For decades, the headlines and "word-of- mouth" kept screaming about the growing insecurity and deprivation in the North with greater frequency and intensity. However, the first instinct...

Averting a Looming Anarchy  In The North: 12 Poorly Utilised Opportunities And 8 Insidious Dangers, In Rough Magnitudes   For decades, the headlines and "word-of- mouth" kept screaming about the growing insecurity and deprivation in the North with greater frequency and intensity. However, the first instinct...

Fuel Hits N685/litre in North Filling stations, particularly those operated by independent marketers, now dispense Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at prices that are higher than the bands approved by the Federal Government, with some filling stations in the North selling as high as...

The VAT Struggle : Lessons For The North, by Sani Danaudi Mohammed             The current VAT struggle between the Federal Government and two states in the South, Rivers and Lagos, is sending strong signals to the slumbering North. Obviously, they, the northern states, have abandoned the...

Sale of NDPHC Plants: Short changing the North? by Tahir Ibrahim Tahir     Where is the power? Baba quipped about the purported 16 billion dollars spent on power generation during the OBJ administration. As at today, Nigeria's peak power generation stands at 5,801.60MW, while capacity stands...