Perceptions of China were improving in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe, as visa facilitation measures allowed more Europeans to experience the country directly and gain a better understanding of its development, cultural heritage and modernization. China’s commitment to peaceful development, openness and practical international cooperation has contributed to improvingContinue Reading
By Okoh Aihe This is one question that has refused to take leave of me at the moment and the answers don’t look as simple as the question. The reason being that technology grows so fast, sometimes more than the speed of light, hyperbolically, that we are either leftContinue Reading
by Vladislava Chugueva As the midday sun rays glide over the exquisite carvings of the main entrance of Moscow’s Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, rows of elegant retro and modern cars await visitors to admire their sleek designs and learn their remarkable history. The ProDvizhenie (Moving Forward) carContinue Reading
By Tanimu Yakubu I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno has argued that the Executive’s failure to spend the budget as appropriated amounts to a breach of law sufficiently grave to justify impeachment. The concern is understandable. Citizens expect budgets to produce roads, hospitals, schools, security and otherContinue Reading
By Okoh Aihe For the policy makers, regulators and industry leaders that gathered in Abuja last week for the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries, the message was clear: the need for deeper collaboration, strengthening of relationships and sharing of peer regulatory experiencesContinue Reading
By our Correspondent The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has dismissed allegations that the ₦12.83 trillion Service-Wide Vote in the 2026 budget is a “slush fund” at the disposal of the Presidency, describing such claims as a fundamental misreading of the nation’s fiscal framework.Continue Reading
By – Okoh Aihe The holy book tells us that the poor will always live with us, in our societies. It means you can never wish away the poor even if you are offended by their existence. No magic wand to obliterate the presence of the poor, except justContinue Reading
By Okoh Aihe A couple of years ago, a flight miss up at the airport in Benin City, Edo State, occasioned the unplanned punishing journey from Benin to Abuja by road. The roads were bad, very bad. It was the time of COVID-19, and flights were scarce and veryContinue Reading
“To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” – Sun Tzu. The Art of War By – Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. China is in the process of redefining its relations with the rest of the world, with the West in particular. During the first decades ofContinue Reading
By Okoh Aihe Sometimes, truth can be too acerbic to be accommodated by reality. It hits hard on the face to the point of irritation while others can simply just sneer at a point of profundity which, of course, doesn’t look very popular. Listening to the MTN Nigeria boss,Continue Reading
