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 […]
Edo: Truth about the forthcoming council polls
GOVERNOR Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State has always given the impression that he is an electoral reformer. He pontificates and sermonises about credible elections as if he represents the quintessence of a drum major for such reform. Not long ago, he hosted the first “One-man-One Vote†rally in Benin City, which was, understandably boycotted by his political allies in the Action Congress (AC).
Zoning, Jonathan and presidential politics
DR. OKWESELIEZE Nwodo, the new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in an attempt to stymie the raging controversy on zoning, was quoted in almost all the national newspapers of July 8, 2010 as saying: “There is no zoning on the ground now, absolutely, there is no zoningâ€.
Who are the criminals?
MANY years ago, in one of his albums, the late Reggae exponent, Peter Tosh asked this question: “Everybody is talking about crime, tell me, who are the criminals?†This becomes more relevant in our life as a country today.
Who are the criminals?
MANY years ago, in one of his albums, the late Reggae exponent, Peter Tosh asked this question: “Everybody is talking about crime, tell me, who are the criminals?†This becomes more relevant in our life as a country today.
Re-branding: The journey so far! (2)
THE United States of America has the highest crime rate in the world. Its brand name is ‘‘God’s own State or In God We Trust.’’ Ah, US should have branded itself as Home of Crime and Criminality! Yes corruption is one of the obstacles to our development as a nation.
