Sim-swap fraud now in vogue
By Owolola Adebola We are in a period when a smartphone functions as a digital wallet, identity card, and security key all at once. One of the oldest tricks in the cybercrime playbook has returned with a vengeance. SIM-swap fraud is at it. It is also known as SIM swapping, SIM hijacking, or phone-number takeover. […]
Ukraine, Gaza and NATO’s selective humanity
By Charles Onunaiju Between July 8 and 10, Western Military Alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, held a summit to mark the 75 years of its founding in 1949. Despite that its founding mission of confronting the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, has largely disappeared with the collapse of the USSR, the Western […]
EFCC and the failed ‘Revolution’
If not well planned, a revolution for a good cause will not succeed, let alone a camouflaged “revolution” sponsored by suspected looters and fraudsters and others undergoing prosecutions or awaiting trials
Tackling the issue of out-of-school teachers
Education is often touted as the cornerstone of development and progress, particularly in developing regions like Africa. However, a significant learning crisis is undermining this potential. One of the most pressing issues contributing to this crisis is the rise of out-of-school teachers.
Dangote Refinery: A plea for caution
I am very proud, as I always do home and abroad, to call myself a citizen of Nigeria, the blessed land of my forebears
N250,000 Minimum Wage: Were the Labour unions daydreaming?
By MUTIU OYINLOLA GLOBALLY, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased following the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic amidst subdued economic growth. According to the World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022 report, a total of 712 million people globally were living in extreme poverty in 2022, using the monetary extreme poverty […]
