Opinion

By Eswar Prasad The future of retail and peer-to-peer payments is undoubtedly digital. As the use of cash plunges around the world, central bank digital currencies are an inevitable part of this transition. Most central banks...

By Olusegun Adeniyi On 29th August 2015, just three months after he was sworn-in, President Muhammadu Buhari disowned two ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign documents containing promises of the achievements he would make during his...

Composed, measured and affectionate, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has emerged as an exemplary first lady. Brought to the public limelight through her husband’s political career, Maa Becky has maintained an impressive and consistent demeanour of grace, charm and...

By Olusegun Adeniyi ‘One life taken in cold blood is as gruesome as a million that may go down in a pogrom’ — Dele Giwa (1947-1986). Having read the 2010 book, ‘Sudan: Darfur and the Failure...

By Olusegun Adeniyi Residents of Yola woke up last Sunday morning to the announcement of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aisha Binani as ‘winner’ of the Adamawa State gubernatorial election. It didn’t matter to...

By Olusegun Adeniyi Following a viral video in which police escorts attached to a prominent Kano-based musician, Dauda Adamu Kahutu Rarara were shooting bullets into the air like village hunters, authorities in Abuja have waded in....