Up Rangers! – by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A football team was built out of the ruins of the Biafra war. The team was named Enugu Rangers. The team immediately won the Amachree Cup by beating the Nigerian Army football team, aka...
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3 Ways HR Is Defining the New Normal – by Euclides (E.J.) Marin
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a tragic toll from a human and public health standpoint, along with causing massive business disruption, resulting in some businesses shutting down completely. In contrast, others have had to...
Facebook rolls out N500m grant to support small businesses in Nigeria
Global technology giant, Facebook has announced a ₦500 million (about $1,295,873) grant to support small businesses in Nigeria. 1st News reports that the grant is part its $100m Global Grants Programme announced earlier this year. Equally...
How a monarch with pistol intervened when I was abducted – Ngige
The True Story of My 2003 Abduction Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige keeps unenviable record of being the first civilian governor to have survived what is best described as a “civilian coup” in Nigeria’s political history,...
Male Leadership Malpractice – JAYATI GHOSH
The timing and intensity of the US, Brazilian, and Indian responses to COVID-19 may have varied, but the results have been the same: the world’s highest numbers of infections. Their leaders’ authoritarian personalities and...
Minding the Perils of Progress- DARON ACEMOGLU
The COVID-19 crisis has been a brutal reminder that, for all of our wealth and technological mastery, we are still vulnerable to catastrophic tail risks. To ensure future prosperity, we must adopt a growth...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an ambitious programme to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via land and maritime networks along six corridors with the aim of improving regional integration, increasing trade and...
3 Stranded Sailors Rescued from Deserted Island After Writing SOS in the Sand
Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above, authorities say. The men had been missing in the Micronesia...
Oshiomhole and his begging expedition
If your team member in a football match gives away an advantage, or scores an own goal, it is morally incumbent on them to retrieve the advantage or cancel out the own goal by...
Walmart bans couple wearing the Nazi swastika on their face coverings
Raphaela Mueller was strolling through Walmart on Saturday morning when a brief glimpse of two other shoppers in the Marshall, Minn., store stopped her dead in her tracks. Fighting through disbelief that nearly rendered...
