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THE PROTOCOL ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA AND THE ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.

By DR. MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN

A PAPER PRESENTATION AT A SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY SOLIDARITY FOR AFRICAN WOMEN’S RIGHTS (SOAWR)A COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS) DURING THE AFRICAN UNI...

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THE ROLLERCOASTER LIFE OF MURTALA MUHAMMED

By Max Siollun

Very few of Nigeria’s former military leaders are spoken of with any great affection.  There is on notable exception: General Murtala Muhammed....

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The Social and Economic Implications of Sharia Law

By Sam A. Aluko

Contribution to the Seminar Organised by the Chapel of Annunciation, Archbishop Vining College of Theology, Akure, Ondo State, on Sunday, 28th Novembe...

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The Sokoto Caliphate and its Legacies (1804-2004)

By Prof. John N. Paden

This discussion paper will focus on the following: 1) the Sokoto legacy; 2) post-independence caliphate influences; 3) rule of law; 4) federalism; 5) ...

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The Sokoto Caliphate and Nation-building in the 19th and 20th Centuries

This International Conference on the Sokoto Caliphate and its Legacies, can only serve a useful purpose, if, right away, we locate it in the national,...

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The Supreme Court Ruling on Electoral Act 2001 and Dual Citizens/Nigerian Citizens Resident Abroad

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTION I have waited this long to gloat so as not to jinx the process, but with so many more Nigerians in the Diaspora announcing daily the...

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About Edo History and Culture

CORAL BEADS worn by OBA AKENZUA 11 and his chiefs

The Festac Mask - A carving of the Face of Queen Idia - mother of Oba Esigie

OBA OVONRANMWEN before exile

Pictography - a form of writing like the Egyptian Hieroglyphics

A TEMPLE IN OGIAMEN'S PALACE