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. […]
Nigeria’s convocation of clowns
By KENECHUKWU OBIEZU Nigeria is currently entertaining a conversation over whether it is a country of clowns. The conversation was ignited by Kashim Shettima, Nigeria’s Vice President. At an event in Abuja, Shettima described Nigerians celebrating the free fall of the Naira against the dollar as clowns. Particularly, Shettima chided them for their celebrations on microblogging […]
The imperatives of solar renewable energy for Nigeria
By CHARLES EKEH WITH the alarming rate of environmental degradation in the present century, caused, in large part, by the ubiquitous use of fossil fuels, an eco-friendly alternative for energy production becomes an unimpeachable necessity. One such pragmatic solution is the deployment of solar renewable energy. Imo State, a verdant region located in the Southern […]
Abuja is good enough
By ADEWOLE ADEBAYO There are so many uncertainties these days and our ship of state is constantly missing her anchor. Nigerians are not just questioning the credibility of one another, we are questioning the rationale of our own existence! Life is about change and its constancy. Yet, however much a stable entity gyrates in response to […]
Bridging the gap in welding skills in Nigeria
In 2006, the Norwegian government in collaboration with Shell and NNPC did a survey of skills gap in the oil and gas industry and concluded that there was a critical gap of about 2600 competent Welders that must be filled in order to grow the indigenous participation in the oil and gas operations.
What President Tinubu Must Urgently Do! – Gbenro Olajuyigbe
Tinubu’s obnoxious policy of oil subsidy removal exponentially increased poverty, caused inflation to rage out of control, dehumanized people, bestialized criminals to be crueler, created an atmosphere for mindless violent insecurity and exposed the t he poor and vulnerable to harrowing suffering.
