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The US built world’s greatest card system

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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The Ekweremadu’s saga and its bioethical imperative

The Ekweremadu’s saga and its bioethical imperative

By Damasus Okoro ILLNESS has been humanity’s closest companion and so humans at every time have always taken steps and measures that would help them stay alive and equally live in dignity. It is a natural instinct that humans would like to preserve and take care of their lives with all available resources and with […]

Dancing to inaudible beats

Dancing to inaudible beats

By Augusta Nneka  I WAS at a political gathering recently. It was made of young people from different political parties and some like me who are strictly non-partisan. The topic of discussion, as expected, was the 2023 presidential election and the chances of the three top candidates. Everyone had an opinion, made an analysis, and had […]

Onoh Hails Dein of Agbor @ 45, brands him Southern Region morning star

Onoh Hails Dein of Agbor @ 45, brands him Southern Region morning star

By Denge Dr. Josef-Ken Umunnakwe Onoh  “A Nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers”._   President JFK Kennedy  Hence I remember His Majesty today @45 and always as long as life endures. His Royal Highness Benjamin Ikenchukwu, Keagborekuzi I, the Dein of […]

Economic challenges and CBN’s policies

Economic challenges and CBN’s policies

By Arize Nwobu IN a recent report titled “Development Updates on Nigeria”, the World Bank highlighted the current challenges of the economy which include a threatening inflation rate which stood at 17.7 per cent as at May 2022, and said to be the highest in almost one year. The report noted that the inflation rate had […]