Roy Chikwem

Roy Chikwem is a member of Amnesty International, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and founder of Chikwem Foundation, Inc. He is a socio-political activist based in Delaware, USA. This article was written on July, 2009. His contact information is rchikwem@yahoo.com.
Education

A Nation Under Siege: The Unending Violent Clashes and Battle for Supremacy on Nigerian Campuses

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In the past three decades, Nigerians have witnessed one of the largest mindless orgies of bloodshed, killings, rapes, violent clashes and destruction of lives and properties on Nigerian campuses by fraternities popularly known as “Secret Cults”...
Nigeria Matters

The Role of Civil Society and Governmental Agencies in the Fight against Corruption, Poverty and Terrorism in Africa

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The governance process in Africa is reflective of the current democratic wave and to this extent; it is abundantly evident that increasingly the continent is shifting away from the pervasive trend of “bad” governance towards “good” governance...
Position Papers

Nd’igbo Move On: The Destruction and Continual Rape of Igbo-land by Ndigbos

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Some of these so-called Igbo leaders are fond of howling out “marginalization” but when they are given the opportunity to perform and serve the people, they perform disappointingly, unsatisfactorily and terribly...
Nigeria Matters

The Hot House: Life Inside The Nigerian Prison System

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Since the re-introduction of democracy in Nigeria, the Federal Government of Nigeria has repeatedly promised to reform the justice system to avoid overcrowding in the prisons and accelerate the pace of trials but there have not been any significant changes...

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