Opinion

By Adenike Fagbemi ONE of Nigeria’s leading fintech companies offering VTU services, BigSwiss has reiterated its commitment to making bills payment seamless and readily convenient to Nigerians and other customers within the African continent. Mr Basil Okongwu CEO of the fintech firm who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with …

IT was part of the policy thrust of the Buhari change mantra in 2015 to expose the level of corruption near perfection in the temple of justice. The arrest of some eminent jurists, Justices of the Supreme Court – Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro – and four other Judges on …

MAGICAL and mesmerizing Messi celebrated his 8th Ballon d’Or trophy with Inter Miami fans yesterday, 10th Nov, 2023. The global superstar is a bundle of joy to watch while gliding with a ball as if latched on his foot; an incredible artist imbued with prodigious talent and unaccustomed humility. Interestingly, …

RECENTLY, I was told a story by my lawyer friend with whom I have developed a warm relationship for over 15 years. He said while he was beside his window during one of his lucid intervals – in the quietude of his mind, he was disrupted by some people quarreling …

Dollars and Dilemmas: Tinubu’s Fiscal Chess ONE of the students in my career coaching class shared his challenging journey through secondary school. His father, despite holding a lowly office position, insisted on sending his only child to one of the state’s best schools. Each term, roughly every three months, the …

A former Information and Orientation Commissioner understand Governor Adams Aliu Oshiomhole’s administration, Prince Kassim Afegbua has thrown his hat in the ring for Edo Governorship ticket under the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with our Correspondent in Abuja, the nation’s seat of power, the Communication Specialist said he …

By Olutayo Irantiola IN the last few weeks, many markets across Lagos State have been locked and opened by the Ministry of Environment and the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). There is no gainsaying that these markets are due for closure. However, what next after the re-opening of the markets? …

By abiodun KOMOLAFE WHEN our forefathers came up with the wise saying that ‘the earnest wish of potters is for earth to be clay’, it was not only worthy of commendation but also no mean achievement. The beauty of the adage is that, in some 1000 years to come, it …

By Lasisi Olagunju BEFORE Abuja, there was Lagos as our Federal Capital. And this is where I would want to believe that there is something about our North and Federal Capital Territories. Before independence and immediately after independence, Lagos had a succession of two ministers of Lagos Affairs, both were …

By Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, PhD THE death, on Sunday the 29th day of October, 2023, of Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN, brought to an end, arguably, the first generation of Senior Advocates of Nigeria. The first ever set SANs in Nigeria comprised of legal giants, Chief F.R.A. Williams …