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 […]
Home Truth Of Orji’s Return To PDP
It is no longer news that Governor T. A. Orji of Abia State has since gone back to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} on which platform he made a foray into the murky waters of politics way back in 2006. Consequently, this endeavour will not dwell on a belated issue which we are already at home with.
Gbemi Saraki’s endorsement: Let the people decide
Amid the scramble for the tickets of the political parties ahead of the 2011 polls, each of the states has its own dynamics. It is this dynamism that will decide the political direction and the fate of aspirants come next year. In Kwara State, former Senate leader and political heavyweight, Dr. Olusola Saraki, endorsed Senator Gbemisola Rukayyah Saraki as the preferred candidate for the Government House in Ilorin.
Saraki hegemony and Kwara progressives
Election year, in all democratic world, always comes with drama and frills.
The Nigerian political sphere paced into frenetic activism since Attahiru Jega mounted the saddle as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) about two months ago.
Miners, Citizenship and Responsible State
The joyful news of the rescue of the miners trapped under the earth in Chile for months should be a good news for everyone everywhere. But not in Nigeria. This great news has turned into a sad fable about failure of the state in Nigeria.
Nigeria @50: Where is our commitment (2)
The teachers are on a field day on industrial actions on issues that are really none of their business. Students posit as if character and learning have become obsolete values in the making of a student and embrace the negative values of violence, cheating and immorality to the detriment of their persons and the society.
