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VAT Does Not "Follow The Trader," It Follows The State

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- I've read the many reactions to my last post and I'm encouraged by the level of engagement and the quality of some of the arguments. This is a serious issue and it deserves serious... Read More


Sleepwalking on the Money: Inequality, Surveillance and the Cashless Society

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to facilitate financial transactions while avoiding such... Read More


All Hail Wike, King Of Rivers Politics

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- For reasons best known to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he has refused to rein in the cantankerous former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike. There is no ... Read More


The Needless Traditional Rulers' Power Tussle In Yorubaland

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- In the last couple of months following the installation of Oba Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin of Oyo, the Ooni of Ifa, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi added new nomenclature for himself. ... Read More