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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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Petrol subsidy Retention: President Buhari kicks the can down the road

Before going into the nitty-gritty of the implications of the continuous retention of fuel subsidy in our National Budgets successively in the past four decades or so, and which by implication indicate that the welfare of Nigerians is in jeopardy as they would be enmeshed in a poverty trap for a long time, it is proper to explain the etymology of the phrase -kicking the can down the road which is the centerpiece of this article.

Edo State Public Service Witnessing Cultural Transformation

By John Ewah, Benin City The cultural and ethical challenges facing the civil service in Nigeria have clogged the wheel of progress of that sacred institution for decades. Governments with genuine intentions to effect the required changes but lacked the will, have found no easy conquest in the battle against the rot that has permeated […]

Kashim Shettima: Courage, conviction cannot kill a man

By Lawan Bukar Maigana  “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once.” When arguably the all-time world’s greatest playwright, Williams Shakespeare, penned the above immortal lines in Act 2 Scene 2 of his bestseller, Julius Caesar, he must have had a long peep into the future of one his […]

Sustainable Business Practices: A New Frontier for Nigerian Entrepreneurs

By Chioma Fidelia Agwuncha In recent years, the discourse surrounding sustainable business practices has gained considerable traction globally, and Nigeria is no exception. As the nation grapples with numerous economic challenges, including high unemployment rates, inflation, and an increasingly volatile environment, the need for Nigerian entrepreneurs to adopt sustainable practices has never been more urgent. […]

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