Vol 62 No 19 | NIGERIA State taxes boost devolution 23rd September 2021 A push for regional states to collect and spend their own VAT is gathering steam, as Lagos passes its own new tax law Nigeria's Supreme Court is set to rule on the right of states to individually collect and spend value-added taxes in their domain in a landmark case that could...
Vol 52 No 15 | NIGERIA Maiduguri's terror crisis 22nd July 2011 Styling themselves defenders of President Jonathan, Niger Delta militants are threatening to take on Boko Haram Thousands are fleeing Maiduguri, Borno State, where attacks by the Islamist militia Boko Haram and clashes with the army’s Joint Task Force have left scores of people dead...
Vol 44 No 20 | NIGERIA So, farewell then 10th October 2003 Rilwanu Lukman's sudden resignation on 7 October as Special Advisor on Oil to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is likely to trigger other high-level departures as the crisis in...
Vol 65 No 25 | NIGERIA Tinubu prepares to present 2025 budget 12th December 2024 Foreign exchange and tax reforms are praised by international banks but most Nigerians are yet to see the benefits For the multilateral financial institutions and investment banks, President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms are stabilising the country’s finances and staunching the loss of billions of dollars in revenues... READ FOR FREE
Vol 48 No 9 | NIGERIA The men from the south 27th April 2007 Bayelsa State's head of security, Bola Igali, barked orders into his mobile phone. 'We have a security situation developing,' he told Africa Confidential, breaking off the interview. Shooting...