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    Hushpuppi and Nigeria’s Image Abroad

    For any Nigerian, living at home or abroad, and above sixteen years, there is little doubt that they are unaware of Nigeria’s badly tarnished image abroad, shredded in tatters, caused Nigerians untold hardships, treated with disrespect and regarded with contempt wherever they are found in the world. The tag...

    Long-term relationship: What you should look out for

    Many of us have this notion that there’s someone out there who would perfectly complete us. You know that idea that they’ll fill the void in your life and all. And then begins the wild goose chase for the perfect love story. Well, I am not trying to burst...

    Igbo women are lazy, don’t like to work

    A twitter thread by media personality, Noble Igwe, has sparked off a conversation on Twitter.  In his Twitter thread, the media personality opined that Igbo women are ''lazy, don't like working, and just want to sit back and enjoy their husbands' hard-earned money''. He said unlike Igbo women, Yoruba women are...

    A festival of corruption in Nigeria

    Corruption is dishonesty for personal gain, it is moral depravity and it is an undesirable change in the state of affairs of a person, nation, or any entity at all. Corruption, many agree, is cancer that eats away at the fabric of human development, at personal growth, and destroys...

    Nnamdi Kanu needs guidance

    Kanu needs guidance. He's throwing away goodwill, support and trust of millions. His language is increasingly belligerent, uncouth, his logic tilting towards the irrational and his attacks on Christianity, the Clergy, individuals, groups and other institutions, untenable and unnecessary. He should limit himself to issues that solely have to do...

    No apology after fifteen million murders

    KING Philippe of Belgium descends from his heavenly throne this week to sign a letter to President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, acknowledging for the first time in 113 years, Belgium’s genocide in that country. Philippe danced round the subject of his country’s...

    Digital Footprints: The internet neither forgives nor forgets

    In this era, as the world grapples with scapegoating the digital citizens, this caveat seems necessary and compelling. All internet users starting from the digital natives (the iGeneration) through the digital pioneers (Millennials or the Generation Y) to the digital migrants (Generation X) should bear in mind that the...

    The new dawn in mobile payments and virtual services

    Cryptocurrency is basically, a digital currency based on a modern technology called the blockchain. Its users range from small businesses to process payments, financial tech-based startups, and retail consumers that use it to send money across borders and as an investment asset. Since cryptocurrencies like BTC and other altcoins have been gaining high acceptability and in high use...

    One week, two troubles

    In just the space of about one week Nigeria, “the giant of Africa”, was involved in no less than two, maybe three, diplomatic debacles, each of which can be traced to an incremental reduction in the quality of governance over so many years that has now resulted in the...

    And APC survives..

    Buhari at the APC NEC meeting that resolved a lot of issues When a couple of days ago I wrote that APC, unlike PDP, will soon resolve her issues, some didn’t believe. It will implode, it will soon disintegrate so said the so-called analysts. They never wished our party well. This is...

    Freedom of worship is no longer a constitutional right but now determined by some people’ – Bishop Oyedepo

    Bishop David Oyedepo has again lashed out at the governments of Lagos and Ogun state over the continous closure of churches.  The founder of the Living Faith Church International aka Winners’ Chapel in his sermon on Sunday June 28, alleged that Lagos and Ogun have been inflicted with anti-church virus rather than...

    Buhari should have been compelled to resign based on inefficiency — Afenifere chieftain, Adebanjo

    Elder statesman and a leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-political organisation, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, speaks with OLALEYE ALUKO on the spate of insecurity, restructuring of the country and other issues How would you react to the rumblings in the APC? Do you agree with the sacking of the members of...

    Electronic banking fraud in Nigeria: how it’s done, and what can be done to stop it

    Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to reducing the amount of physical cash in the economy. The logic was that this would minimise the risk of cash-related crimes. But a major downside of the policy...

    Nigerian woman buys a Coffin for her Husband on Father’s Day

    A Nigerian woman had reportedly bought a coffin for her husband on father’s day. According to reports, the incident took place at Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, she bought the casket earlier and kept it with the seller, waiting for Fathers’ Day, After church service, she...

    How Bobrisky lied to his father about his changed identity

    The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Isolo-Ejigbo branch B, Alhaji Bashir Femi Olowu, has revealed how the Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, lied to his father, Alhaji Musibau Okuneye, about his changed identity, saying he told his father that his feminine...

    You don’t need a church wedding to be married, it isn’t in the scriptures – Nigerian Activist

    Author and activist, Reno Omokri has shared his thoughts as regards the concept of church wedding saying it isn't biblical. In series of posts shared on his Facebook page, Reno said the concept of church weddings isn't backed up by the scriptures. According to Reno, a former media aide to ex-president...

    You don’t have to be a Yahoo Boy before you can make money online

    You don’t have to be a YahooGuy to make money online. Apart from the fact that illegal wealth isn’t sustainable, illegal businesses are very addictive. You also lose your creative mind. There are 1001 legitimate businesses you could do online & earn a decent income! You can make livings and...

    The sorry state of Nigeria’s Judiciary among others makes Sowore’s battle cry for revolution inevitable

    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - President John F. Kennedy (1962) This week may be one of the worst weeks for Nigerian judiciary and they might have made the much vaunted Sowore’s revolution inevitable. The first salvo was the list of judges released by the...

    NIGERIAN ECONOMY, ROCKED BY THE ‘UNCERTAINTY’ IN THE VUCA

    Towards the end of the last decade, hardly would any business or corporate executive meeting/summit/roundtable session end without a reference or mention of the acronym VUCA (Volatile, Uncertainty, Complex and Ambiguous) to describe the economy and business landscape.  Any business executive who has not used it in his or...

    Covid-19: How the Pandemic could Alter the Business Landscape for Good

    All businesses, corporations and enterprises had planned a robust policy for 2020, to start a new decade with bracing policies and decisions to scale up the business operations, increase sales and revenue; and shore up the profit base. But there comes the bombshell, the Coronavirus (COVID-19), an epidemic detected on November...