Face to Face with Kannywood’s Masquerades: Why Reputation and Digitalisation Now Matter, by Yushau A. Shuaib   Many movie lovers celebrate actors and actresses whose faces dominate the screen, yet rarely pause to acknowledge the unseen hands that actually give life to a film. Behind every...

When Not to Be Gentle - Dangote, Power, and the Anatomy of a Fight   Aliko Dangote’s business life has been a long tutorial in combat economics. From the early trading days when credit was scarce and trust scarcer, to the cement wars that redrew Nigeria’s...

✋🙏 ADC Palaver: A Memo to Tinubu Against Staging a Coup on Military Tradition By Yushau A. Shuaib Mr President, sir, I hope this open letter will not be misconstrued, as happened above six years ago, precisely in January 2020, when I wrote a memo to...

Nigeria: The Persistent Corruption Risk Amidst Growing Security Threats, by Abubakar Jimoh   It is no more news that Nigeria’s defence and security sectors are plagued with systemic corruption, a major hindrance to the effective provision of defence in a country facing serious security challenges. While Nigeria, Africa’s...

Polaris Bank confirmed the debit without delay. Yet the recharge card never arrived. No credit alert. No airtime. Nothing.

Polaris Bank and the Culture of Customer Frustration, by Abdulsalam Mahmud On the morning of December 1, 2025, at exactly 8:43am, I made what should have been a routine transaction. I transferred the value of ₦1,200 worth of MTN recharge card to my MTN line,...