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 […]
Sirika: Between patriotism and reciprocity
By Osa Director NIGERIA is a country in dire need of heroes and heroines. Men and women with moral spine, integrity and proudly Nigerian in their idiosyncrasies and mannerisms are mainly lacking in the nation’s leadership architecture. Therefore, as a result of this lacuna, in the words of the late Professor Festus Iyayi, former President […]
OPINION: Igbo leaders and South-East secessionists
By Chiedu Okoye THE fallout of Lord Lugard’s yoking together of disparate ethnic nationalities to make up the political entity called Nigeria without getting the concurrence of ethnic leaders is the incessant threats of secession which are being mouthed by Nigeria’s ethnic champions. The chequered history of Nigeria is replete with morbid tales about how […]
My Covid experience – By Atedo Peterside
There was an outbreak of COVID in my house as last weekend approached and so I told myself that I must do the correct thing.
DELTA 2023: THE MAN WITH VISION FOR THE PEOPLE
By Allison Abanum A red ball is unmistakable amongst a stack of white balls. Such theory is universally accepted because of its validity. It’s inherent characteristics a major tool for distinction. From one generation to the other, humanity is graced with the presence of personalities worthy of citing analogies parallel to a distinct red ball […]
Let’s fight insecurity same way we fought COVID-19
In the very popular Bob Marley song: Redemption Song. The lyrics goes thus; “how long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?”
