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The US built world’s greatest card system

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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Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho: Nigeria on trial

Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho: Nigeria on trial

By Sola Ebiseni Nigeria, and not the accused persons, is currently in the dock in the ongoing trials of Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) and Nnamdi Kanu in Cotonou, Republic of Benin and Abuja, Nigeria respectively. The 54-year-old Nnamdi Kanu and 49-year-old Igboho, who were little known, have suddenly become heroes of their people and of the […]

2023: The familiar as unknown

2023: The familiar as unknown

By Dakuku Peterside You could call it premonitions, dreams, forecasts, or revelations. I have a clear guesstimate of possible scenarios that will shape our political future and help us better understand what will most likely happen before, during, and after the 2023 elections in Nigeria. I have untangled the scenarios into four different periods or […]

Unmasking the real enemies of Electoral Reform

Unmasking the real enemies of Electoral Reform

By Mon-Charles Egbo In a democracy, there is nothing that can be more reassuring than the confidence that one’s vote counts or that the genuine wishes of the people are respected in every electoral contest. Even the unscrupulous critics agree that electronic transmission of election results is not only strategic to strengthened and deepened democracy […]

Prayer’s key to our success story — Umahi

Prayer’s key to our success story — Umahi

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, weekend, stated that prayer and obedience to the directive of God were some of the factors responsible for the successes his administration had so far recorded.

The Magufuli lessons for Nigerian leaders

The Magufuli lessons for Nigerian leaders

By Sunny Ikhioya JOHN Magufuli, president  of Tanzania died a few weeks ago and it is taking the whole of Africa a long time to come to grips with his death. It is like a bad dream; many of us are yet to come to terms that he died of natural causes. Here was a […]