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 […]
Human health and environment: How well to handle both
By Kayode Ojewale The truly healthy environment is not merely safe but stimulating – William H. Stewart (1921- 2008), American pediatrician and epidemiologist MAN and his environment can hardly be separated when human health is being discussed. The environment of a man is a true reflection of his health condition and status because it largely tells […]
Nigeria: Insecurity and corruption blues
By Jerome-Mario Utomi ON-GOING commentaries on corruption, prevailing insecurity and harsh economic situation in Nigeria, can only but remind me of a conversation I had with a friend following the declaration of the 2015 presidential election result. This friend of mine cautioned me thus: “Men will change their ruler expecting to fare better; this expectation […]
Is COVID-19 a rich man’s disease?
To prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases and forestall our healthcare system being overwhelmed, we all need to take responsibility and follow strictly hygiene practices By Tayo Ogunbiyi SINCE March 2019, when the World Health Organisation, WHO, declared coronavirus, a.k.a COVID-19, a pandemic, it has continued to wreak havoc across the world: weakling the health […]
Lagos flood alert: Heeding the augurs [opinion]
By Kayode Ojewale FLOODING does not just suddenly happen, it is usually preceded by some occurrences hinting its imminent arrival. When the flow of rain water on its way to the drainage channels or river is impeded, then flooding occurs. Flooding is having too much water in the wrong place. The cause of flooding is […]
Interrogating leadership direction of Federal Character Commission
By Bola Bakare NIGERIA, since attainment of independence in 1960, has experienced recurrent tensions due to severe horizontal inequities that exist between different regions and ethnic groups where one divide of the country appears to be better placed than the other. The Nigerian civil war was fought and ended with a declaration of ‘no winner, […]
