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 […]
How strategic leaders can develop a growth mind-set and win
As we mark the end of another eventful year, I believe that it is imperative to share actionable insights to help leaders thrive despite the disruptive and volatile operating context. These actionable strategies are informed by insights that I gleaned from helping over 4,000 executives and hundreds of organisations to optimise their impact and thrive since I founded TEXEM 12 years ago.
Opinion: Of fake Prophets, Marabouts and End-of-Year doomsday predictors
. BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME As the year comes to an end, Nigerians will soon be regaled, entertained and gripped with the theatricals and Baba Sala’s Alawada Kerikeri histrionics of many fake Prophets, Imams and marabouts that generously abound in the Nigerian religious space today. Nigerians may not be irreligious nor unreligious, after all. But, […]
Fight against insecurity and the chances already missed
Concern about the spate of insecurity in our country will be one of the major issues that will dominate discussions in 2022.
Nigeria’s 2023 presidency: Time for Ndigbo to back Anyim Pius Anyim
Nigeria’s 2023 Presidency is not for grabs by anyone without requisite political tutelage.
Nigeria 2022: Only a step away from catastrophe
When the request came for this article – a forecast of what Nigerians should expect in 2022 – the first port of call was to the old man who still lives in the kiosk. The kiosk has been his home ever since he was evicted from his one room in a dilapidated slum house for failure to pay rent for over two years.
