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 […]
Boko Haram, EndSARS and a tale of two countries
By Ladesope Ladelokun ORDINARILY, freezing the bank accounts of terrorists should be greeted with cheers for money is the oxygen that gives terrorism life. Little wonder it is argued in some quarters that we are half way to bidding farewell to the eruptions of Boko Haram if the sources of funds are cut off from […]
The imperative of hearing from God
By Simon Ifeanyi Ezeh Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;Job 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,Job 33:17 That he may withdraw […]
Data-driven economy in Nigeria: Perspective, orientation and opportunities
By Timi Olubiyi IN most African countries like Nigeria, individuals are typically born, grow, live through adulthood, retire, age and die without government being aware of their existence. This happens more in the remote villages and more within the informal sector and within the unbanked population. Noticeably, due to lack of political will, successive governments […]
The increasing vulnerability of the Niger Delta
By Paul Orie AS I was settling down to comment on the pollution of several communities along the coastline of the Atlantic which rattled residents of the affected communities of Bayelsa State, the riddle relating to the actual organisation that caused the incident has not been resolved. Also, residents of the communities have remained resolute, […]
National insecurity, youth frustration and exclusion
By Mohammed Bello Yunusa IN Nigeria nothing is rational. Everything is instigated. That the cock did not crow this morning, the cock must have been told not to crow so that I don’t wake up early for my duties. Therefore, at all times, as much as you needed someone who knows another one that knows […]
