Flashback | Intervention

Climate Change Sinks Sierra Leonean Town, a Signal to the Rest of Africa

Posted By: adminon: December 12, 2019In: FlashbackTags: FairPlanet, Uelibiua, USAID, YelibuyaNo CommentsViews:

If the idea of climate change ever sounded farfetched to some Africans, it no longer is. Climate change has sent an unmistakable message reflecting the vulnerability of every one to its marc... Read more

In Search of Nigeria’s Share of Dissident Scholars

Posted By: adminon: December 08, 2019In: FlashbackTags: 'Perestroika Movement', Enlightenment, Hegemony, Ken Booth, Marxism, Post-positivism, Richard Ashley, Robert KeohaneNo CommentsViews:

There is this famous story of the school teacher who was used to telling his students seeking a deeper meaning of the word velocity that the only way to get that is to go and stand on the tr... Read more

FIDA Calls on Gombe State Governor to Confirm Justice Beatrice Lazarus Iliya as Chief Judge

Posted By: adminon: December 04, 2019In: FlashbackTags: No CommentsViews:

International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria is up in arms against the non-confirmation of Hon. Justice Beatrice Lazarus Iliya as Chief Judge of Gombe after acting in that positi... Read more

Digital Economy Or Digital Culture?

Posted By: adminon: November 24, 2019In: FlashbackTags: Cybercrime Advisory Council, Digitech, GOCOP, IGF, Internet of Things, OPANNo CommentsViews:

By Tunde Akanni, PhD Don’t be surprised that the Kaduna State Government was recently declared as the most transparent in the country. The journey started way back in 2016. My witness accoun... Read more

Where Does the Truth Lie Between the US and Air Peace Owner, Allen Onyema?

Posted By: adminon: November 23, 2019In: FlashbackTags: No CommentsViews:

Who, between the US Attorneys office and Mr. Allen Onyema, Nigerian businessman and owner of Air Peace, might be telling the truth in a claim of fraud and denial of same respectively? This i... Read more

Contesting Global English in Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Provocative Inaugural Lecture

Posted By: adminon: November 19, 2019In: FlashbackTags: Cartesianism, Francis Cardinal Arinze, Linguicide, Prof Adigun AgbajeNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA An Inaugural Lecture is, by tradition, not open to critical assessment. It is perhaps the only ritual in academia in which no questions are asked. But, no one would be surpri... Read more

Africans Charged More Than 3.5 Times the “Affordable” Rate for Mobile Data

Posted By: adminon: November 17, 2019In: FlashbackTags: 2019 Affordability Report, Alliance for Affordable Internet, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, World Wide Web FoundationNo CommentsViews:

Illustrating the crisis of global digital divide n relation to Africa is this piece extracted from Inter-Press Service By Gareth Willmer People living in Africa are charged an average of 7.1... Read more