By Bayo Onanuga I was enjoying a game of draughts with my colleague, Babafemi Ojudu, the night of 2 August, 1997, when our company’s head driver returned from a delivery run to literally disrupt our game. The driver said…
Whither the NDDC?
Crude oil or the black gold was first discovered in Oloibiri in the present day Bayelsa state in 1956 four years to the nation’s political independence. Some political analysts have opined that if this discovery had come much earlier, the…
Does Burna Boy’s collaboration with Sam Smith absolve him of homophobia?
As Afrobeats continues to trickle into mainstream international music markets and gain a foothold, it has allowed for new, hybrid sounds, collaborations that have unravelled the versatility and adaptability of homegrown artists. Burna Boy has been edging towards this direction…
Amazon’s $0 corporate income tax bill last year, explained
Amazon’s founder is America’s richest person, but the company paid no corporate income tax last year. How can that be? For starters, Jeff Bezos is rich because of the value of Amazon stock, but for years, Wall Street loved the…
Jeff Bezos adds record $13bn to wealth in one day, $74bn this year
Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012. Amazon.com Inc shares surged 7.9%, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism…
One of the oldest businesses on the internet just got sold for $9 billion
One of the web’s oldest businesses has a new owner. Norway’s Adevinta is buying eBay’s (EBAY) classified ads business for $9.2 billion to create the world’s largest online classifieds company. In the age of Google (GOOGL)and Facebook (FB), classifieds aren’t exactly a mammoth business: They made up only about…
Places Where The Desert Kisses The Ocean
Whenever we think of a desert, we only think of water in terms of survival in that extremely dry expanse of land. We don’t imagine a desert being near a vast body of water such as the ocean. Below are…
5 online tips for keeping in touch with people you care about
Keeping in touch sometimes requires conscious effort. We meet a lot of people physically and virtually. Today as we embrace the new normal of working remotely, staying at home and practicing social distancing, staying close to those you care about…
The Immaculate Sin By Joseph Ejiro
For his fifth womenswear collection, Joseph Ejiro looks to two powerful biblical women whose narratives are often glazed over for inspiration. According to the creative director, Mr. Ejiro, the collection was an ode to Mary the mother of Jesus and…
Vint Cerf: COVID-19 highlights how we need better internet access everywhere
Vinton G. Cerf is vice president and chief internet evangelist for Google. Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” Mr. Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the internet. Mr. Cerf shares…