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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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2023: Why Tinubu should run for president [opinion]

By Setonji David SENATOR Bola Ahmed Tinubu held his last political office in 2007 when he completed his tenure as the second civilian governor of Lagos State. That is 24 years ago. Yet, his name is more recurring in political, social and economic conversations than those of many politicians that are in government today. The […]

PAP and direct deployment to schools without enabling exams

By J.P. Owoupele IN the last few weeks I have been called by many stakeholders, delegates and beneficiaries of the aforementioned programme. Their worry is that the office demands that all students must write JAMB or pass through a test to be deployed to higher institutions of learning. History: When the programme started the managers of […]

Anambra and quest for visionary leadership

By Boniface Enekwechi ANAMBRA State, the self- acclaimed “Light of the Nation”, is on the verge of another round of elections to choose the leader who will steer her ship for another four years. It is gratifying that with each cycle of election, the state throws up more and better prepared men and women for […]

Lagos and the revitalisation of public health [opinion]

By Tayo Ogunbiyi THERE is a saying that “a wealthy nation is a healthy nation”. This assertion is anchored on the belief that a healthy population contributes immensely to the socio-economic growth of any society. This is why one can only but commend the Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu administration in Lagos State for making health and […]

‘The media cannot be captured’ ― Dr Nduka Otiono

A Professor at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Dr. Nduka Otiono, has declared that the media cannot be caged or arrested. He stated this while delivering the keynote speech at the maiden edition of the Jacksonites Professional Development Series, organized by the alumni association of the Mass Communication Department of the […]

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