Austin Oboh

1 month ago | independent.ng | Austin Oboh

The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has emerged winner of the 2025 National Tax Debate Completion organised by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). FUOYE, a 14-year-old educational institution that has experienced an exponential growth and known for its academic excellence, was said to have defeated other top universities from across Nigeria, to occupy the first position in the national tax debate competition.

Mar 30, 2025 | independent.ng | Austin Oboh

The House of Representatives has begun yet another constitutional amendment journey in the manner of past legislators in the attempt to redress knotty or problematic constitutional provisions. But the exercise is usually fraught with the danger of replacing one challenge with another, given the fact that most constitutional issues, some critics claim, derive from the failure of office holders rather than the law.

Mar 23, 2025 | independent.ng | Austin Oboh

President Bola Tinubu shocked many Nigerians when on Tuesday he declared a state of emergency in Rivers, citing the prolonged political crisis in the state. Under the proclamation, the President also suspended Governor Sim Fubara, his deputy, and members of the State House of Assembly for six months.

Mar 2, 2025 | independent.ng | Austin Oboh

Since his assumption of office as president in May 2023, Bola Tinubu had not had the opportunity to meet party leaders in an important forum such as the National Executive Committee. And when he did finally meet them on Wednesday, they left him with no doubts that there was no cause for alarm. This is paradoxically different from the reception some critics thought he would get, especially from Northern leaders.

Feb 15, 2025 | independent.ng | Austin Oboh

All is not well in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The leading opposition party is burdened by internal disputes arising from leadership and administrative conflicts. At the core of the disputes, however, are long-standing grudges emanating from the 2023 presidential primaries which intensely factionalised the once ‘biggest party in Africa’ and turned it into a political group where ‘the centre can no longer hold’.