Meritocracy

July 2016: that’s when I’d had enough. When I started thinking that there must be another way to lead a more fulfilling and successful career for someone like me: a Black, British woman working in the corporate world. A professional life that, although not necessarily free from the stereotypes that…

President Muhammadu Buhari during is national broadcast on June 12, Democracy Day.By Bose Adelaja &Olayinka Latona “The situation on ground makes me think that our democratic values have been lost. There is lack of power supply, bad roads, infrastructural decay especially in schools and other public places. “Many Nigerians lack…

All human body cells have a certain lifespan, during which they perform their essential duties. At the end of this lifespan, they reach senescence and-no longer able to perform those duties-die. This suicidal death is programmed into their genes through a process called apoptosis, causing them to self-destruct in order…

Formula 1’s managing director for motorsport Ross Brawn says its new aero handicap regulations are a way of ‘gently’ levelling the performance of F1 teams without resorting to gimmicks like success ballast.The new rules will allow teams to do more aerodynamic development if they achieve a lower position in the…

June 4, 2020 | 2:49am Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio apologized on Wednesday for saying he didn’t “see racism at all in the NFL” in comments he made on Tuesday to reporters. “After reflecting on my comments yesterday and listening to the players this morning I realize what I said…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio is apologizing for suggesting discrimination and racism aren’t problems in the NFL. “After reflecting on my comments yesterday and listening to the players this morning, I realize what I said regarding racism and discrimination in the NFL was wrong,” Fangio said in…

Speaking after revealing the schedule for the first 8 races of the season, F1 boss, Chase Carey admitted that the idea of holding reverse-grid qualifying races on the second Saturday of back-to-back races at the same venue had been shelved after failing to get unanimous approval from the teams.With Mercedes…

Instead of X's and O's, the Denver Broncos spent Tuesday talking about racial injustice, police brutality and healing a nation rocked by demonstrations over George Floyd's death in Minneapolis on top of the coronavirus outbreak and its economic devastation.Team president Joe Ellis addressed the offense and defense in separate Zoom…

IMAGE: A step closer to an efficient way of producing hydrogen so that we can finally do without fossil fuels and other energy sources that are harmful to our planet view more  Credit: Tokyo University of Science The ever-worsening global environmental crisis, coupled with the depletion of fossil fuels, has motivated…

The job losses resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic have turned the job market on its head. (Rawpixel pic)For the best part of a decade, strong economic conditions have resulted in extremely low unemployment and the demand for candidates has outstripped supply. However, in March this year that dynamic was reversed.…