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. […]
Okowa’s Town Hall Meetings: Inspiring Hope in Delta Youths
By Ray Umukoro The #EndSARS protests by Nigerian youths may be over but the impact lingers. In Delta State, the impact resonates in the streets, in homes and everywhere. But much more, it rings through the hallway of Government House and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has taken note. Okowa listens, always. By the way, Okowa is one […]
ASUU should revitalize university systems, strike not working
By Musa Isa Nesta For the past few weeks, I have had the privilege to receive calls, WhatsApp messages, and emails from well-meaning Nigerian students beckoning on me to comment on the seemingly unending state of the ASUU’s strikes, especially this current strike that started March this year. These clarion calls may have been premised […]
Clergymen and limit of political prophecies
By Dirisu Yakubu “Not everyone who says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out […]
The eviction of Donald Trump
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu If you don’t pay your rent, you get evicted from the house. Whether you are living in a face-me-I-face-you hellhole in Ajegunle or in the super-duper White House is immaterial. Once the rent is expired, the man living there is also expired. That is the trouble with the big man that […]
TRIBUTE TO MALLAM UMARU ALTINE: First elected mayor of Enugu(1952 – 1958)
The story of Nigeria is a deep, intriguing and enchanting metaphor. Its glorious past had contradicted sharply with its current political corundum. A Fulani man from Sifawa in Sokoto Caliphate – Mallam Umaru Altine, had in 1952 become elected as the first Mayor of the City of Enugu, the heart land and heartbeat of the Igbo Nation.
