On Soyinka’s New ‘Leap Of Faith’
Africa’s Triple Heritage thesis first proposed by Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah but given its strongest advocacy by late Prof. Ali Mazrui resonates with a forcefulness that speaks to Africa’s and Nigeria’s postcolonial development quandary. According to the thesis, Africa’s future lies within the framework by which she is able to traverse the dynamics of her Euro-Christian, Islamic and traditional heritage.
Egypt court jails dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah for 5 years
The case was among the most prominent in a series of trials of secular dissidents who have been jailed along with thousands of Islamists since the army overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
Britain sells 1.0% stake of Lloyds bank for £500m
Britain has sold a 1.0-percent stake in state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group for £500 million ($769 million, 677 million euros) under plans to return it to private ownership, the government said Monday.
I disagree that stealing is not corruption – Fashola
Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that unless Nigerian leaders lived above board by imbibing and showing high level of moral authority, it would be difficult to stop the menace of corruption in the country.
MINISTERIAL NOMINATION: ‘APC’s call for Obanikoro’s rejection lacks merit’
LAGOS State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted calls by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the rejection of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as a ministerial nominee over his alleged involvement in an audio recording on Ekiti State governorship election, saying the party is behaving like a bad loser.
Budget 2015: Reps demand upward review of capital votes
DUE to the disparity in provision for capital and recurrent expenditure in the 2015 budget, the House of Representatives has demanded an upward review of the Appropriation Bill for capital votes.
