By Ochereome Nnanna I don’t want an Igbo as president of today’s Nigeria which has long been hijacked. In the previous two installments, I narrated the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme’s thwarted efforts. A man of his qualification, proven competence, and integrity was rejected and Nigerians felt all right with that. The ambition of another Igbo […]

By Godfrey Bivbere   THE spate of pirate attacks ​​ in Nigeria’s maritime domain has been attributed to dearth of ships to engage the growing number of unemployed seafarers. Linked to this is also the problem of lack of sea-time training for the cadets being produced annually from various maritime academies in the country. READ […]

By Okoh Aihe There is hardly any homogeneity between khaki (military) and Agbada (civilian). Which is why anyone with a descent respect for, and recollection of the country’s history will confess that the relationship has not fared better than a poisoned chalice. Premised on the foregoing, it will not be farfetched to suggest that apart […]

World soccer governing body FIFA is now being awaited to give the final approval for former Germany youth international Kevin Akpoguma to be eligible to play for Nigeria. Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr disclosed that he would have loved to have the Hoffenheim towering defender to make his debut for Nigeria during the friendlies against […]

Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is pleased to announce the finalists from the recently concludedFintech4wd Ideathon that challenged innovators to propose ideas to catalyze financial services access for microenterprises during COVID-19. A total of 162 teams (468 participants) registered for the Ideathon, which included four pre-submission webinars by industry experts to support teams in […]