When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced its digital currency, the eNaira in October 2021, the idea was to create an alternative to the fast growing cryptocurrencies being patronised by Nigerians. According to European Central Bank, e-money, broadly speaking, is an electronic store of monetary value on a...
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Almost every state in Nigeria has several old apartments that have been in existence for decades. Some apartments are demolished while some are renovated. But no matter how old your building is, if you do the right thing(s), renters will come for it. If you wonder why people are...
The recent statement by Ohanaeze Ndigbo calling for the Federal Government’s intervention in the travail of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, in London revives some hope that the Igbo philosophy of “Onye aghana nwanne ya” (all for one, one for all). The Ohanaeze plea came on the...
By SIMON REEF MUSA Paddling his canoe from Anchuna village in Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State to the podium of national flood light, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, is an epitome of excellence whose sterling footprints of...
Likening the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to a common bird presupposes that it possessed all the extant features of a Bird. While birds generally are wired to fly, NIPR has also demonstrated the same features that can make it not just to fly but jump. An organism...
I didn’t realise how much Nigeria’s water sector has been grossly under-reported until I attended a media briefing addressed by the Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman H. Adamu in Abuja recently. Mrs Kenechukwu Offie, a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Director of...
The personalities and qualities of political pioneers are known to completely influence political sentiment and leadership. Nyesom Wike, Rivers Governor and one of the political leaders of recent times, exemplifies three qualities voters should expect in leaders: competence, fairness, and legitimacy. A political leader must be seen as someone...
Many Nigerians living in diaspora have reservations against buying and owning a property in Nigeria. Your fears are valid! People living abroad have gone through a lot of traumatizing situations in an attempt to be a property owner in Nigeria. Mrs. Abiola has been scammed twice just to buy...
The Indian iconic leader, Mahatma Gandhi, once observed; ‘Nobody shakes hands with a clenched fist.’ The nation’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been embroiled in crisis since its special national convention, which produced Atiku Abubakar as its preferred presidential candidate. Recall that Governor Nyeson Wike...
Recently, precisely on Monday August 23, 2022, the GbaramatuVoice newspaper, in what has become an annual ritual of the sort, announced for the awareness of the general public, details of programmes lined up to mark its forthcoming 7th Anniversary Lecture/Awards, Scheduled for Tuesday August 30, 2021, by 10:00am, at...
In furtherance of its continued commitment to impacting the lives of individuals in its host communities across 7 Countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC, Guinea, Sierra Lone, Senegal and Gambia. First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the Fifth edition of its Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) week, scheduled...
In 2020, during the “EndSARS” protests, at the urging of my first daughter, I wrote the article titled “EndSARS: The Next Step”: https://saharareporters.com/2020/10/20/endsars-next-step-leonard-karshima-shilgba At that time, I expressed some reservations about the endurance of the youths, who drove the protests, and was dubious of the intellectual richness and clarity...
Four Catholic nuns have just been kidnapped in Imo state, one of such sad tales that have become almost a daily occurrence since Hope Uzodinma became the absolute ruler. The phrase, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” suggests that whenever a person has absolute power over other people or things, it...
When millions of people are cheated for too long, restitution becomes not just a costly process but substantial in financial and human terms; inferior education, poor housing, unemployment, poor healthcare facilities-Martin Luther King Jr. It is not only a barefaced truth that Nigeria’s youngest citizens have crawled out of...
“Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner” – Sri Chinmoy Recently, the Federal Government renewed a multi-million dollar pipeline surveillance contract with a former militant leader and commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. It was gathered that the government...
By VALENTINE OBIENYEM – I was going through different social media platforms last night, when I came across the exhilarating piece of news on the appointment of Dr. Okey Ikechukwu, mni, as Professor of Strategic Management and Human Capital Development by Nnamdi Azikiwe University. With a Bachelor’s Degree in...
It has been a little bit hard after the pandemic and Nigeria hasn’t found its feet yet. It’s even a lot more complicated with the constant rise in dollar and inflation which don’t seem to have any feasible solution yet. But despite all these, the Real Estate sector in...
Nations are like the families we come from. We have certain people in our various families or extended families who act like leeches. They contribute nothing to the material improvement of their family, while sucking up the family resources in disproportionate amounts. They complain of unfilial neglect as soon...
Appropriate funding of tertiary education remains a major challenge for many countries, particularly developing ones. In addition to personnel emoluments and building of infrastructure, the university system requires enormous financial resources to meet its research funding demands and contribute more to more meaning socio-economic growth of nations. To address...
By KADIRI ABDULRAHMAN – In recent times, the paucity of foreign exchange in the Nigerian economy has been of concern to many Nigerians. Some believe that the heavy dependence on crude oil sales, with its volatility, is responsible for the shortage of foreign exchange earnings for the Nigerian financial...