THEWILL

Markets move, technology advances and customers develop new habits. Sometimes, despite all the planning and experience we bring to the first tee, we discover that the course is no longer playing the way we prepared for it.

The D-day was Independence Day, October I. The day arrived without any significant departure from the status quo. Now, between August 17 and October 1 is approximately one and a half months, probably too short a time to give the presidential directive any meaningful action.

The title of this series is borrowed from Jimmy Cannon, the late American sportswriter and newspaper columnist whose Nobody Asked Me, But… pieces turned unsolicited observations into a distinctive form of newspaper writing.

Under Section 36 of the Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA), the rules surrounding tax audits and additional assessments have been laid bare. The truth is simple: the tax authority can revisit your old books far beyond the six-year mark, and if you cannot prove your numbers because you threw your records away, you will pay dearly for it.

Today, Nigeria’s foreign-policy direction is more difficult to define. The present administration has announced the 4D Foreign Policy Doctrine: Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora. These are admirable principles. But a doctrine cannot live by alliteration alone.

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons said it has returned no fewer than 50,000 refugees into the country in the past three years. For the immigrants the Commission has participated in resettling, a notable case is the 1,400 Nigerians who were repatriated from xenophobic South Africa.

A dancer who ignores a change in the beat may still move with great confidence but soon looks as though they and the drummer came to different celebrations.

Under the old, repealed Value Added Tax Act, businesses were trapped in an unfair, distorted tax system that treated essential operational expenses as luxury overheads.

The operational visit of Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu to the Imo Police Command on 24 September 2026 was an important opportunity to assess the security situation in the state and reinforce professionalism.

Geometric Power’s laudation of the Abia State Government for its efforts to ensure reliable power supply in its utility’s coverage area brings to the fore a critical element in Nigeria’s economic development.