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 […]
Nigeria’s war drums on Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria’s relentless push for war in Cote d’Ivoire with regard to the presidential election crisis in that country is getting curiouser and curiouser.
Before Abia people are deceived
AS With the next general elections approaching rapidly, politicians are becoming desperate to remain relevant in the scheme of things.
Enahoro: The man died; the man lives
THE man, Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro, was deservedly a comet. A remarkable man, impassioned, of strong beliefs and dogged energy, was richly endowed with extra-ordinary intellect and long life. He was an admirably powerful figure.
Of fox and dog styles
WHILE our stay as undergraduates at the university lasted, we were constantly reminded of two things by this regimented communications professor. One: Don’t be a Robert Mugabe, a Saddam Hussein, a Gnassingbe Eyadema, an Idi Amin, or an IBB when we go into politics. Two: Be a Nelson Mandela, an Abraham Lincoln, or a Bill Clinton when we do.
Ivorien Presidential Saga: A recharged 1884 Berlin Conference on Africa
Dear Sir,A careful watch of the drama resulting from the recent presidential election in Cote d’Ívore(Ivory Coast), a sovereign country in West Africa raises more questions than answers.
