Tag: World
-
On 5G, the world will move on without Nigeria, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe The Nigerian Senate has no competence on 5G – fifth generation mobile network, that technology with the kind of capacity that can overawe any other technology in terms of speed. That competence resides, first, with the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), because of enormous capacity built up in-house; and, secondly,…
-
El Saadawi: Truth in a world that lies, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa SOME conscious, radical and conscientious women in Nigeria, and males who believe in the equality of all humans, met in 1982 on how to emancipate women. Thus was born, the Women In Nigeria, WIN, movement which was to play decisive roles in campaigning for the human rights of all, especially women.…
-
Let the world hear our stories, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe Great stories make great content on television, big screen or even mobile terminals. Those who say content is king love good stories, the sort that spike the adrenalin, make it impossible to put down a book or hook you permanently on the screen, large or small, and sometimes become very redeeming…
-
Boris Johnson, Macron, Merkel, other World leaders congratulate Joe Biden as US President-elect
World leaders have congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential election. Biden defeated President Donald Trump to emerge US President-elect after he garnered 273 electoral votes with results in some states still pending. French President, Emmanuel Macron said on his twitter handle that “The Americans have appointed their President.…
-
The World of the Widow, By Lola Akande
Lola Akande In his novel, Anthills of the Savannah, Chinua Achebe offers an insight into the world of the widow: “Why will a man mounting a widow listen for footsteps outside her hut when he knows how far her man has travelled?” My immediate reaction when I came across the proverb was to close…
-
Peeping at the world from Nigeria, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa The Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria, ARCAN, Africa’s largest, and perhaps most experienced gathering of diplomats decided on October 6, 2020 to make a prognosis of their country in international affairs 60 years from now. Almost all these ambassadors are above 60 and certainly will not be alive…
-
WHO worried as COVID-19 cases surpass 13 million worldwide
COVID-19 cases rose above 13 million across the world on Monday, climbing by one million in just five days, with over 570,000 people dead. The Reuters global tally, which is based on government reports, shows the disease is accelerating the fastest in Latin America. The Americas account for more than half the world’s infections and…
-
Scientists predict how the Universe will end
How will the universe end? “Not with a bang but with a whimper,” wrote the American poet T.S. Eliot regarding the end of the world. But if you want a more definite response, you’ll find that physicists have spent countless hours turning this question over in their minds, and have neatly fit the most plausible…
-
How the booming demand for Zoom is changing our virtual world – Ehi Braimah
By Ehi Braimah It is Saturday morning (May 23, 2020) and I have just finished using Zoom, the hottest app in town, to participate in a training session facilitated by Olumide Ajomale; a coach, mentor, management consultant and fellow parishioner of Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral (AVMCC), GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. The training which focused on…
-
COVID-19 puts democracy at risk, say Jonathan other world leaders
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and other world leaders have raised the alarm that democracy has been put at risk in many countries since the upsurge of coronavirus pandemic. The leaders under the auspices of Kofi Annan Foundation, in an open letter, regretted that some countries hide under the pandemic to postpone elections indefinitely without recourse…