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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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Banditry, kidnappings in Kebbi and the Bagudu approach

It’s no longer news that the entire northern axis of Nigeria has been enveloped by insurgency, since its emergence human lives have become worthless as people are being killed like ants men and women are vulnerable targets of armed bandits who kidnapped and raped both minors and aged women.

Biafra and Bad Samaritans

By Fr George ADIMIKE Write it in capital letters, if you will, but the fact remains that words may not exhaust the import of Biafra. As an idea, an identity, a cry for justice, a fortress of refuge, self-defence, an ambition, an ideology, a nation-state, a people and a religion, Biafra has attracted many interests. […]

Outgrowing God: Is religion a scam?

By Fr George Adimike Nowadays, it feels romantic to think of the banishment of religion. However, without religion, morality has no firm foundation, no supernatural content and context and can most likely produce mischief-making egomaniacs. Therefore, perhaps the most fundamental question for every living person is: what is the meaning of life? Answers to this […]

Uniformed personnel, power abuse and extrajudicial killings

Some of these officers who bear arms do so for effective and optimal operations in their duty lines. It is, however, disheartening to see that the weapon-carrying uniformed personnel abuse the arms they carry by using them in a wrong manner

Of leaders and followers

By Sunny Ikhioya  THE return of Muhammadu Buhari at  the helm of affairs as Nigeria’s president  has since brought to the front burner the debate of the relationship between leaders and followers. This only reminds us of  the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti singing: “My people are senseless, my people are useless, my people are indisciplined”. […]

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