Category: Essays
E-commerce In Nigeria -What the Future holds
Today, thanks to e-payment solution companies like MasterCard, InterSwitch, VisaCard and e-transact, Nigerians can not only pay, withdraw or transfer funds anywhere in the country, they can also make purchases with their e-cards. This is a welcome development, especially in
Read MoreCan Africa tell its own stories?
There is not a lot of money in African journalism. As an African journalist, I know this all too well. An illustrative example: I was in South Sudan in November 2012, on a trip I was financing myself. Weeks in
Read MoreThe News flow Controversy: Evaluation of Imbalances, Inadequacies, distortions in International news flow and how it affects African development and democracy
Information is power and the most critically sought commodity in today’s world. Those that control the information are usually seemed to be the most powerful in our contemporary society. Therefore, for the past thirty years, there has been a controversy
Read MoreWho Should tell the African story?
All people need to learn about their past and need to be able to participate in the creation of their own legacy. In the past, the story of Africa has been told and defined by others and these ‘others’ have
Read MoreIslamic and Western Values
- by Ali Mazrui
On December 6, 1997, the Al-Hewar Center in metropolitan Washington, D.C., had the distinct honor of welcoming Dr. Ali Mazrui as its guest speaker. Dr. Mazrui is the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at the State University
Read MoreWho Killed democracy in Africa? Clues of the past, concerns of the future
- by Ali Mazrui
In analyzing the prospects of democracy in Africa it may be necessary to distinguish between ultimate goals and necessary instruments for achieving them. It would make sense for Africa to distinguish between fundamental rights and instrumental rights.
Read MoreThe Democracy Before Democracy in Africa
Since the dawn of African independence from colonialism in the early 1960s, African liberation leaders and founding fathers qua dictators, military junta and “new breed” leaders have sought to justify the one-man, one-party state — and avoid genuine multiparty democracy
Read MoreThe Democracy Before Democracy in Africa
Since the dawn of African independence from colonialism in the early 1960s, African liberation leaders and founding fathers qua dictators, military junta and “new breed” leaders have sought to justify the one-man, one-party state — and avoid genuine multiparty democracy
Read MoreThe nature and Forms of free masonry: Its historical origin, fraternity and thrust
In the Nacaths Journal of African Theology, Dr.Columbus and myself made a critical evaluation of cult and occultism in the institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. Among other things, we noted were that cult threatens normal campus life and social
Read MoreThe Role of the Youths in Nation-building in Nigeria
Paper presented as a Guest Speaker at the Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union (Lagos State Chapter) Week Held at the Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria 24th November 2010
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