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The Need For Contactless Payments System In Nigeria

The Need For Contactless Payments System In Nigeria

Contactless payments will soon arrive on Nigerian shores, about two decades after some advanced countries started using it. Despite the huge benefits, however, contactless payments also carry some risks. To mitigate these risks, the Central Bank of Nigeria has recently rolled out
July 14, 2023
Cash Crunch: Allow Customers Pay In Installments For Metre, Nnaji Tells Aba Power

A Reflection On Bart Nnaji At 67

If you ask Nigerians to name past power ministers randomly, it is most likely that they will start with Bart Nnaji, the preeminent engineering professor in the United States who has for almost two decades been almost synonymous with history-changing initiatives in
July 13, 2023

Nigeria: Like Kenya, Like Malawi?

Democratic consolidation requires holding periodic elections that allow for peaceful transfer of power. Yet some elections held outside of consolidated democracies have been identified as sources of conflict. So far, Nigeria has managed to skirt around its various electoral crises, thus avoiding ensuing
July 12, 2023
Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Tinubu’s New ECOWAS Role: A New Security Burden

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday emerged as the new chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). With this, he becomes the second Nigerian president in four years to occupy the
July 10, 2023
The Yoke Upon The Judiciary

The Yoke Upon The Judiciary

Well before the 25 February date arrived, it was predicted that the 2023 general elections will be another milestone in Nigeria’s political journey: if effected with transparency and fairness, it will launch Nigeria on the path of democratic consolidation, and if poorly
July 9, 2023
Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Banks’ Unfair Deal With Manufacturers

For manufacturing in Nigeria, access to funds is central to acquiring the right technologies, human resources and to fully utilize production capacity. In addition to any other source of capital, businesses are expected to be able to access bank loans at rates
July 9, 2023
APC Chieftain Urges Tinubu To Conduct Integrity Performance Review On Cabinet Members

A Few Surprises In Tinubu’s Cabinet

Nigerians are in for a few surprises as President Bola Tinubu unveils his new cabinet in a few days. Both in composition, size and structure, the next Federal Executive Council would far be different from what we’ve always known. A Lagos banker
July 8, 2023

What Can We Learn From Mmesoma Ejikeme’s Story?

By all means, she’s not the only child that has cheated or told a lie, but Mesomma Ejikeme, the 19-year-old girl from Anambra State who fraudulently changed her UTME score from 249 to 362, and later claimed that she is “not capable
July 5, 2023
Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Mmesoma’s JAMB Result: Technology And Challenge Of Fact-checking

Confident, linguistically enabled, sagacious, but sorely disillusioned. That was the disposition of Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme in a social media self-presentation to clear the air on some serious JAMB result accusations. With her articulate, free-flowing and terse account of the trajectory of the
July 4, 2023
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