Opinion

Russia/Ukraine War and Nigeria’s Sorry State

Russia/Ukraine War and Nigeria's Sorry State By Zeenat Sambo The basic disadvantage of Nigeria's oil sector has been the inability or failure of successive leaders to resuscitate the refineries. The position of Nigeria as one of the largest oil producing countries in the world is therefore...

Partial Grid Collapse and Nigeria’s Worsening Power Crisis, by Umar Farouk Ahmad

Partial Grid Collapse and Nigeria's Worsening Power Crisis, by Umar Farouk Ahmad   On April 8, 2022, the national electricity grid suffered a system collapse. And it happened not once, but twice in a spate of three hours. Authorities of the Power Ministry attributed the incident to...

Blockchain Technology: Powering Transparent, Secure Digital Transactions, by Fom Gyem

Blockchain Technology: Powering Transparent, Secure Digital Transactions, by Fom Gyem   Recently, at the National Students Security Summit 2022, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami reiterated the use of emerging technologies as veritable tools which Nigeria can capitalise on in combating insecurity...

ASUU Strike: Opportunity for Students’ Engagement in NITDA-NART Programmes, by Zeenat O. Sambo

ASUU Strike: Opportunity for Students’ Engagement in NITDA-NART Programmes, by Zeenat O. Sambo   The unresolved disagreement between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government weighs heavily on Nigerian youth out of school. While some have taken to vocational skills others still...

SUBA CAPITAL: Fintech And Nigerian Investors, by Abbas Badmus

SUBA CAPITAL: Fintech And Nigerian Investors, by Abbas Badmus   Financial technology (Fintech) is used to describe new tech that seeks to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services. At its core, fintech is utilized to help companies, business owners and consumers better...

Nigeria on the Verge of COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu

Nigeria on the Verge of COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   Two years after the global outbreak of Coronavirus, popularly known as COVID-19, Nigeria’s food and drug regulatory agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) finally got certification for the...