September 28, 2026/
We know how to live with one another until someone asks us to vote, fear, or fight as strangers. A reflection on religion, ethnic politics, and the interests behind a new U.S.–Nigeria partnership.
We know how to live with one another until someone asks us to vote, fear, or fight as strangers. A reflection on religion, ethnic politics, and the interests behind a new U.S.–Nigeria partnership.
There is a sickness among Nigerians. No matter how we pretend to be religious or claim to respect the dignity of the human person, something deeply primitive still governs us. What I have observed in recent years is not just disturbing — it is an eyesore to any conscience that is still alive. So let me be blunt. If you do not want to feel uncomfortable, scroll past. I will not dilute...
The caste system is an artificial construction, a fixed and embedded ranking of human value that sets the presumed supremacy of one group against the presumed inferiority of other groups on the basis of ancestry and often immutable traits, traits that would be neutral in the abstract but are ascribed life-and-death meaning in a hierarchy favouring the dominant caste whose forebears designed it. I’ve watched countless historical films and documentaries, yet not...
There are 36 alphabets in the Igbo language. They are generally divided into three categories: consonants, vowels, and semivowels. The Igbo alphabets we use, today are made up of our normal English alphabets coupled with a few digraphs different from all the Euro-Asian languages’ diphthongs. On the other hand, our alphabets were not always 36 from the beginning. It evolved to our present-day Igbo alphabet through reforms and counter-reforms. There were five...
Abstract In spite of all the economic investment involved in peacekeeping missions, our society is still faced, today more than ever, with a series of conflicts—from armed to economic conflicts. And even though different organisms and governments invest, not just money, but also time and human resources on peacekeeping, it does not seem to have the required positive long-lasting effects. Could it be because peacebuilding is an art and demands a lot...
