Igbo gaa-adi Splash Millions of Naira to Prize WinThursday, May 1, 2014
For the first time in recorded history, Igbo language received a boost in Anambra state. Many things have been said about the language and few years ago, UNESCO and the Oxford University gave a resounding prophecy that if extra effort is not made, the Igbo language will go into extinction in less th ...
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Restoring Public Confidence in Stock through Viable Corporate GovernanceSaturday, November 24, 2012
THE floor of a traditional stock exchange seems to be a chaotic marketplace. Mysterious (to an outsider) hand signals are employed, coded messages on electronic tickers appear and change at a frantic pace, and floor brokers compete to be heard above the flurry of activity. Today, however, many pe ... |
Islamic Banking - Another Lens to Watch Islamic Generosity and ReciprocitySaturday, October 13, 2012
Thirty years ago or more, Islamic banking was unheard of. It was considered as wishful thinking especially outside Islamic world. It was only in the early 1970s, and especially after the launch of the First International Conference on Islamic Economics organized by King Abdul Aziz University in Makk ... |
Epilepsy—Today’s OutlookTuesday, August 28, 2012
IT WAS the noon hour at an African high school. An attractive tenth-grade girl was coming down the steps, along with many of her classmates. Suddenly she fell to the ground. The muscles of her body tightened. She briefly ceased to breathe, and her muscles went into contractions, jerking her body aro ... |
OUR EARTH – ON A KEG OF GUNPOWDERSunday, August 26, 2012
Nothing on earth is more important to our survival than the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. Inexorably, these life-sustaining essentials are being either contaminated or whittled away by man himself. In some countries the state of the environment is already life-threatening. ... |