After all, the naira as is, is already quite digital, isn’t it? Nigeria does have one of the most sophisticated financial systems in the world – especially in terms of payment systems. This is probably necessitated by the fact that because of our low per capita income and the informal structure of the economy, so many Nigerians altogether have to make millions of small transfers daily, especially to dependants. In developed countries, this is not the case. A typical worker abroad has all the debits – for rent or mortgage, insurance, taxes, tenement, loans and so on, set up such…

A verbal tiff between two prominent Nigerian politicians recently threw up a debate on which counts or counts more in judging the worth of a person and his importance to the society – his pedigree or personal character and accomplishments? The two gladiators who stirred the controversy are no other persons than Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK). Wike had likened the ex-minister to his late dad; the flamboyant former Deputy Premier of the defunct Western Nigeria in the First Republic on whom, he hung the infamous credentials of duplicity, treachery and unorthodox and…

Oga, mek we kill am!, the gangling police constable had told my father. This was sometime in the early 1980s and the scene was the ever busy Ilesa-Akure expressway, in the old Oyo, now Osun State. My father, an Inspector in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), headed the Ilesa Signals Corps of the police. However, short of officers to lead police patrols, in the light of the ever-bludgeoning criminal activities in the Ife-Ijesa zone of the time, the Divisional Police Officer authoritatively yanked the Inspector from his signals unit office drudgery. He then drafted him to the road. On this…

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ ~ 1 Corinthians 15:57. Introduction: Naturally, life is full of challenges, difficulties and trials. But, as believers, we have the unfailing assurance of triumph and victory in our journeys through life (2 Corinthians 2:14). Victory is very sweet, defeat is painfully bitter! That is why, no matter the challenges we face in life, God always wills that His people should shout ‘victory’ at last. He helped saints of old to victory — Moses, David, Elijah, Elisha, Joshua, Samson, Deborah, Esther, Paul, Peter etc; He can…