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 […]
GOVERNOR’S DIARY: Palliatives and Oborevwori’s empathy for Deltans
With just three months into his tenure, Governor Sheriff Francis Orowhedor Oborevwori has already carved a niche for himself as a worker-friendly governor who is out to govern Delta State with humility, empathy, humanity and care for his people.
NyaknnoAbasi Osso: The search engine before Google
When I chose Mass Communications over Medicine, it was because I had been so impacted by the Nigerian Chronicle published by the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, Calabar, that hanging a stethoscope around my neck lost its appeal.
Africa and the opportunities of BRICS
By CHARLES ONUNAIJU NEARLY a decade and half, the BRICS platform has become a consequential and formidable multilateral international mechanism, shaping the emerging trend of inclusive global governance. Since after its first summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in 2009, the mechanism has phenomenally grown in consolidating its internal consultative frame work and has […]
Ahmed And His Stamp of Excellence in NYSC
By Williams Ochonu It is said that, “Leadership is often defined by one’s ability to inspire, influence, and drive positive change”. Ahmed’s journey is a testament to this definition, as he seamlessly embodies excellence in every endeavor he undertakes. From his early life to his current role in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), From […]
10th NASS And How Tajudeen Abass Is Re-Defining Democracy
By Philip Agbese Jeremy Bentham once said, “The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.” In this wise, one can easily deduced that, a nation can never be worth being called a nation, and will never be complete until democracy becomes power to make law given to the people […]
