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Sim-swap fraud now in vogue

By Owolola Adebola We are in a period when a smartphone functions as a digital wallet, identity card, and security key all at once. One of the oldest tricks in the cybercrime playbook has returned with a vengeance. SIM-swap fraud is at it. It is also known as SIM swapping, SIM hijacking, or phone-number takeover. […]
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Oh, for a James Ibori or Ghali Na’Abba!

By Temidayo Akinsuyi “Oh, for an Isaiah or a Saint Paul to reawaken this sick world to its moral responsibilities!” Such was the plaintive cry of former US President Harry Truman on March 6, 1946. Truman, who was addressing the Friends of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ conference at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in […]

Sex Education is Not A Sin: protecting our children starts with conversation 

By Ewere Okonta In today’s increasingly permissive world, silence is no longer golden—especially when it comes to the sexuality of our children. It is time we stopped whispering about sex education and started shouting about it in our homes, classrooms, churches, and communities. This is not just a parenting issue. This is a societal emergency. […]

Journalists as killers of strong institutions

Strong institutions are the pride of a nation because they kill the virus of graft. Strong institutions usually emerge from a single-minded determination and decisive action

The pandemic of idiocy: Why I keep breaking my oath of silence on Nigeria

By ELSIE-BERNADETTE ONUBOGU As a diasporan Nigerian, I have sworn — more times than I can count — not to let the news from home touch me. It’s not apathy. It is not a defeatist’ attitude.  It is preservation. I know many diasporans who have taken the same attitude and perhaps oaths. I am not alone […]

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