Illegal PoS operators on the prowl
Since the Point of Sales, PoS, terminals emerged as major payment platform in Nigeria’s trade and finance environment about five years ago, some criminal usage of the platform has also emerged.
If Carthage must be destroyed
THE Gulf of Guinea bore the brunt of the trans-Atlantic commerce in human souls that went on for 300 years, from the 16th century to the 19th century. While the Arabs and Fulanis were raiding the North, the Europeans were wreaking havoc in the South. Glorious kingdoms were weakened, if not destroyed: Benin, Oyo, Kwararafa, Nok, Kanem-Borno and the Hausa City States. When slavery was no longer viable it was replaced with ‘legitimate commerce’. Lagos was annexed in August 1861 and before long the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria was established. In the North, the feudal Caliphate established by Sheikh Usman Ibn Fodiyo barely a century earlier, was brought down by a British expeditionary force in 1903.
ACPN focuses on drug abuse at 38th conference
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has said all hands should be on deck towards tackling the menace of drug and substance abuse in the country.
Nigeria needs to invest more in science for better health outcome — NIMR
The Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Professor Babatunde Salako has admonished the Nigeria government and private organisation to invest more in bioinformatics to improve healthcare outcome and attained Sustainable Development Goals target.
I’m played out of position at Arsenal – Iwobi
Alex Iwobi has admitted that he is not fully comfortable with his role at Arsenal, as he would prefer to play as a central midfielder.
Ekwueme, Ezeoke, Osinbajo and Gbajabiamila (2)
It was the NPP-NPN accord that enabled the NPP members to become ministers in 1979
