Eyes in the Sky: How Oyo’s new surveillance aircraft could change fight against kidnapping
It was cheering to read of the delivery of two security surveillance aircraft to the Oyo State Government in Ibadan on Tuesday.
Banking tears in a cashless society
The banks depend on the GSM network which has been glaringly inefficient and over subscribed, and shows no appetite for progress and efficiency because of a suspicious cosy relationship between the regulators and the GSM companies. Has computerization come before its time? I am not sure; but it’s alright for the young ones and hell for older folks. But how about banking in the villages, in this push for a cashless society?
We were young, idealistic and in many ways not sufficiently experienced says Peter Enahoro
Still reputed to be the youngest ever to edit a national newspaper, Peter Enahoro’scourageous commentaries were known for the wit and satire. He was forced into exile but remained unbowed. In an exclusive interview with Ben Asante, long-time political analystand contributing editor of internationalpublications specialising on Africa, Peterspeaks on Nigeria and life at eighty.
Peter Enahoro: They don’t make them anymore
I do not remember when I first stumbled on Peter Enahoro or which of his articles I read first. All I know is how awestruck I was when I first read his article in Daily Times. His way with words was astonishing.
Learning at the feet of Peter Enahoro
There is never a dull moment with Peter Enahoro. I started working with Peter in 1978, some thirty-seven years ago, when he asked me to join him in London to serve as political editor on a magazinehe was about to rebrand and edit. I was not a stranger to the Enahoro family name. We had an expression in the student community in Ghana: to ‘Enahoro’ someone arose from a story involving Tony Enahoro and S. G. Ikoku, his fellow refugee in Accra but that is another story. Also, in those days the Nigerian Sunday and Daily Times newspapers in which Peter’s name cropped up and which we were encouraged to read under Kwame Nkrumah’s fervent pan-Africanism were circulated in Accra.
Between technological obsolescence and consumer spending
By Toyin Obire In today’s fast-moving markets, new technologies have a proclivity for becoming old news fairly quickly. Against this backdrop, consumers now have to deal with the challenge of technological obsolescence, a situation where technology-based products and services lose their appeal, even though they are still in good working condition. What was stylish and […]
