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 and the biotechnology revolution
BIOTECHNOLOGY, the practical use of biological processes in industrial production, is no more an arcane term, neither is it a new science.
The unseen legacy of Governor Alao Akala
THE Mapo Hall and Cocoa House are two tourists’ sights that make a visit to the sprawling Ibadan city complete and exhilarating. The two edifices have profound historical significance for the Yoruba people of south western Nigeria.
IBB campaign model and ethnic politics (4)
WE should be talking about national integration, politically and economically, possibly, culturally and socially also.
IBB campaign model and ethnic politics (3)
CAN a man who flies out to Europe or Dubai at the drop of a hat, on one occasion just to repair a torn ligament, can a man who obviously measures his fitness for office in terms of the gap between him and the average citizen, in terms of personal wealth really make a good president? Does Nigeria at this time need a plutocrat or an oligarch as its president?
Ibori’s sins on Uduaghan
I REMEMBER being mischievous as a kid on the streets of Warri in the former Bendel State. I was always with the big boys. Participating in their escapades, I was seen as a hero by my peers.
