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 […]
Re: In Africa, Trump’s fate is worse than a laughing stock
RIGHT OF REPLY By Jesutega Onokpasa I FOUND Azu Ishiekwene’s article of the above-referenced title rather disheartening, coming from a columnist of his towering stature and quite established pedigree. To seek to mould opinions in the wider society is certainly the entitlement of any writer but it is rather self-aggrandizing for intellectuals to suppose and […]
Gambari: How not to love Nigeria
By Mon-Charles Egbo When it mattered most, the overwhelming majority of Nigerians entrusted the leadership and governance of the country into the hands of Muhammadu Buhari as President. He was massively chosen on the basis of what he represented and what he promised to bring to the table in the face of the daunting challenges […]
Open letter to Governor Wike
By Charles Isichie YOUR Excellency, I write as a citizen and businessman who is concerned about how some of the decisions you have taken in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic affects the maritime sector within which I operate. I also intend to address how the current situation may ultimately affect the economy of the […]
Gideon Obhakhan: A man in a class of his own
By John Mayaki, What the story of Gideon Obhakhan teaches is that he is an intelligent man who has come very far from a humble background. He holds his convictions strongly, his loyalty is unwavering, and he speaks his truth, without mincing words, always. It is just who he is. But it is not all […]
COVID-19: Understanding Wike Order 6 and death of Taskforce official
By Joel Charles. Around the world, measures have been taken by various governments to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) since the beginning of the year. Different measures were taken by different levels of government to safeguard the lives of their citizenry as the world transited into community transmission phase of the pandemic. In the […]
