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The US built world’s greatest card system

By YVONNE-FAITH ELAIGWU The history of payments is, in many ways, the history of making value easier to move. We started at barter and are now at electronic transfers, with stablecoins suggesting that the next evolution is here. New payment methods rarely make their predecessors useless. Cash did not immediately eliminate barter. Cards did not […]
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How to reduce housing deficit in Nigeria

In developed countries in the world, the housing sector is a viable tool for enhancing economic growth. In a country like Nigeria however, the reverse is the case since affordable housing is a mirage for middle and lower-class citizens in society.

Demand forecasting and inventory optimization in a volatile market

By Clive Asemoka Akhalumenyo Demand forecasting and inventory optimization are now important to businesses trying to remain competitive in the rapidly evolving market of today, particularly when supply chains deal with previously unheard-of difficulties. Accurately forecasting demand and managing inventory have become strategic imperatives for firms as consumer preferences change and supply chain disruptions increase […]

Challenges facing relatives of hospitalised patients in Nigeria

One of the issues we raised in our research is: why do relatives “hang around” and live in/around the hospital? To this question, we learned first of all that ICs are constrained to stay and hang around because care-seeking travels take them far from home to places where daily commuting is difficult, costly, inefficient, impractical or impossible.

The return of Akeredolu and fortunes of Ondo State

By Sole Ebiseni LIKE Nehemiah, my biblical namesake and his native Judah, faraway from its gates this day, the stories from and about our Sunshine Ondo State, hit me with great concern. Unlike Nehemiah and the fallen wall of Jerusalem, capital of regional Judah, we are no longer concerned about the moats built round Akure in […]

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