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 […]
Women in governance, affirmative action and the ADC example
By Mabel Oboh Nigerian women naturally have come a long way from the pre-colonial days. They have not only been involved in nation-building, but also as custodians of our legacies in a nation with a rich cultural heritage. Although Nigerian women have done well as professionals, businesswomen and home managers, however, politically, they cannot be […]
Kashim Shettima: Dress doesn’t diminish the man
By IS’HAQ MODIBBO KAWU THE past 48 hours, have seen an explosion of stories, pictures, videos and memes, about Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. These have been directly sourced from his dressing at the conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, in Lagos, on Monday. For the social media […]
When stinginess becomes a virtue
By HUDSON ORORHO IN our first year in secondary school at St. Peter Claver College, Aghalokpe, Delta State, we read a book, under the watchful eyes of our Priest/Principal, Rev. Fr. Jeremiah Cadogan, SMA, titled: Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. If my recollection has not failed me, the book has two principal characters: Scrooge and Manley. […]
Reasons Tinubu’s victory in South East, Nigeria is sacrosanct
By Umunnakwe Onoh What many people do not know is that His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the initiator of the present day Lagos Rail Mass Transit system which the network of railway tracks will soon be completed and will come into full use to ease transportation bottlenecks in Nigeria’s commercial nerve center. The […]
Abia 2023: Between surprises and the one to beat
By CHIEMELA NWANKPA THERE is no gainsaying that the Abia political atmosphere is fully charged, and will witness many surprises in 2023. It will certainly not be business as usual. Abia voters make no pretenses in voicing their dissatisfaction with the status quo and earnest desire for change. Not much progress seems to have been witnessed […]
