Sim-swap fraud now in vogue
By Owolola Adebola We are in a period when a smartphone functions as a digital wallet, identity card, and security key all at once. One of the oldest tricks in the cybercrime playbook has returned with a vengeance. SIM-swap fraud is at it. It is also known as SIM swapping, SIM hijacking, or phone-number takeover. […]
Idongesit Nkanga: Legacy of a good name
By Imoh Etimudo What will you remember Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga for? Many will go for the State Secretariat which is named after him while others will look at his numerous contributions to the development of Akwa Ibom State during and after his administration. Whatever divide one belongs to, the departed leader’s good works have comforted […]
Destiny, Eduok, Nkanga and I: A tribute
By Soni Daniel I must confess that I just happened to find myself in the middle of two great Akwa Ibom leaders, patriots, pioneers, champions and change-makers, who were also among the finest and most brilliant military pilots who ruled the skies for many decades. Frankly, I cannot explain what I did that endeared me […]
Buhari’s legacy and Osinbajo’s burden
By Etim Etim Whenever we have one of those episodic security crises like the Katsina school abductions, Lekki shootings, standoff in Ondo over forest reserves and the skirmishes in Igangan area of Oyo, I think of Yemi Osinbajo. How does he cope in a government that is facing mounting security challenges across the nation, yet […]
Finance Act (2020): Fallacies in FIRS’ new powers over SMEs
By Innocent Okwuosa IT is no longer news that the Finance Act (2020), which was signed into law on December 31, 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari, came into effect on January 1, 2021. What is trending news now, is the realisation that the Act may have introduced about 80 changes to 14 different laws that […]
VALENTINE OZIGBO: The Exceptional Corporate Transformer on A Mission
One of the issues that polarised the minds of Nigerians during the 2019 general elections was job creation. The opposition’s presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is well known for being a job creator, a businessman who had successfully created thousands of jobs. The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, on the other hand, had no experience in this field.
