Author: Garba Isah, Ph.D

AS Nigeria joins the world to mark National Identity Day, we must stop thinking of identity as mere documentation and start recognizing it as the foundation of inclusive growth, national security, and digital prosperity. In today’s hyper-connected world, identity is no longer just a card you carry or a number stored in a database. It is the passport to your digital life, the key that opens doors to financial services, government programs, job opportunities, and even international trade. Without it, millions of Nigerians remain invisible, excluded from opportunities and protections that are taken for granted in the modern economy. At…

An Open Appeal To Our Elected Representatives And Leaders From Kogi East KOGI East is bleeding, and our roads have become its arteries of fear. What should be pathways of trade, social interaction, and economic growth have degenerated into terrifying corridors where kidnappers lurk in the shadows of unchecked vegetation. The once vibrant highways that connect our people are now highways of horror. I write not from hearsay, not from statistics, but from lived experience. I, too, have been a victim of kidnapping on these very roads. I have looked into the faces of armed men who use our overgrown…