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FATHER OF WESTERN ECONOMICS, ADAM SMITH,  TOOK ‘MOST OF HIS BEST IDEAS’ FROM SHARIA LAW*  Posted on May 24, 2016 by *Robert Barsocchini* In the West, *Adam Smith* is considered to be the *‘father of economics’*.  He is ‘revered’ both by Western academics and in Western popular culture and government, particularly within the ‘citadel of the international right wing’, Washington, D.C. ppp ... It’s all the more ironic, then, that Adam Smith, *“got most of his best ideas and best lines from medieval Islam”*, specifically *from Sharia law*, as noted by David Graeber, an anthropologist who has taught at Princeton and the London School of Economics. For example, around the year 1,100, Islamic thinker *al-Ghazali* “highlighted the importance of the division of labour” using “the example of a needle factory to illustrate his point”. Seven centuries later, *Adam Smith used the same example*, a needle factory, to illustrate the same idea, division of labor, but without citing al-Gh

BENIN CITY – AN Edo state based fiery cleric Dr Henry Ijayi has called on the federal government to issue gun licence to Nigerians for self protection in face of the present level of security challenges in the country. He said it was obvious the security agencies have been overwhelmed and citizens should now be allowed to complement their efforts. The founder of Gospel of Jehovah Taberah Grace and Power Ministry (Hand of God), made the call on Sunday while speaking with newsmen on the planned 8th anniversary of the church coming up in March where he noted that some African countries allow individual ownership of guns once licenced.

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Manchester United are yet to trigger the one-year extensions in the contracts of  Edinson Cavani  and  Juan Mata . Both players are out of contract at the end of the season but  United  have the option to extend their  deals  until 2022 and have often taken decisions on contract extensions midway through seasons. However, the MEN understands a decision has not been made on the futures of Cavani, 34 on Sunday, and Mata, who will turn 33 in April. Cavani joined United on a free transfer on deadline day in October and has scored seven times, having ousted Anthony Martial to become United's first-choice striker. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has spoken of his desire to keep Cavani at least until the end of next season. "At the moment, it looks like he has a few years left in him," Solskjaer said on Boxing Day. "So I wouldn’t say anything else. He has made a great impact when he has come here. Let’s focus on improving everyone but he has a few years left

FEDPOFFA MASS COMMUNICATION BOSS ADVOCATES STRICT ADHERENCE TO COVID-19 PROTOCOLS EVEN AS HE CHARGED ALL TO NOTE THAT  THE VIRUS EXISTS.  In the meantime, the Head, Mass Communication department, Federal Polytechnic Offa, Mr Alawode has called for strict adherence to all Covid-19 protocols just as he advocated for proper social distancing during lecture. The HOD made the disclosure on Wednesday while addressing HND 1 students of his department on the key measure of the curtailment of covid-19 during lecture. He said there is no doubt that the killer virus exists adding that all protocols already laid down by health officials should be strictly adhered to. Mr. Alawode also charged all students to follow all protocols of the department like wearing of the department dress code (white and black) among others. According to him " there is no doubt that covid-19 exists in the society and everyone must take his/her part towards mitigating the spread of the dreaded virus in th

As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) enters a new electoral cycle (2019-2023), with some major upcoming activities such as the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and several off-cycle elections which will culminate in the 2023 general elections, it has decided to embark early enough on a major programme of engagement with stakeholders on expanding voter access to Polling Units ahead of the activities in the electoral calendar. Consequently, it has prepared a Discussion Paper which the Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, described as the framework for the planned engagement. “Among other things, it presents the Commission’s concerns about the worsening challenge of voter access to Polling Units, provides a historical background to this challenge, outlines some indicative issues to be addressed by the engagements and provides the Commission’s thinking on how to solve the challenge of declining voter access to Polling Units in Nigeria”,