Position Papers

El Anatsui: Beyond Bottle Caps and Glory

A Review of El Anatsui: The Man, the Myth, the Legend at 80 and Counting (2026) By Chris Uchenna Agbedo, PhD, fnias, mnal. Preamble “Beyond Bottle Caps...

Restructuring Internal Party Democracy: The Farce of Nigerian Primaries and a Blueprint for Reform – The Crisis of Credibility

For decades, the political narrative across Africa has been dominated by a single, unyielding aspiration: the adoption of Western-style democracy. It is a desirable...

The Bastard Fathers of Modern-Day Democracy and Politics in Nigeria

By Paul Okojie Modern democracy in Nigeria was born out of struggle, sacrifice, and blood. Yet, what was envisioned as a government of the people,...

Architecture In The 21st Century Nigerian Economy: The Way Forward

Political instability, corruption and poor micro-economic management have been the major causes of the decline in the almost famous Petroleum-Rich Nigerian economy...

Challenges To Democracy And National Unity In Nigeria: The Case Of Anioma People

As we approach the upcoming Nigerian general election, how will the election impact the Anioma people? What will be the role of the Anioma people in the political, economic, and social outlook after the election?

Defective Religion, Slavery and Prejudice in America

In America, one of the taboo topics is race, especially if you are black. A society that refuses to listen to any segment of its poor would suffer the wrath of the poor, if not God...

The Inside Story of Nigeria’s First Military Coup (2)

Not many realize that several officers of northern origin took part in Nigeria's first military coup. The "Igbo coup" tag attached to the Majors' assault ignores the fact that scores of northern officers took part in the Lagos operations, and even assisted Nzeogwu when he stormed the residence of the Northern Region's premier...

Death and Sex: The Forbidden Topics

Aside of death, sex is another matter Africans don't like talking about. But you see sex is everywhere. One way or the other, once or a thousand times in one's lifetime, we'll all engage in it...

Edward Said…One Year After

Professor Edward Said's greatest legacy is the younger 'Saids' he hatched worldwide...

“Some” African Men And Their Flawed Sense Of Leadership

I think Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala got what she deserved! I mean, how dare she attempt to make monumental strides and changes on the political-economic stage of a nation that has been ruled for so long by men who have pocketed the country in their private vaults?

Pornography And Its Discontents

Pornography happens to women. It thrusts on them an insulting view of their social roles, generating a feeling of gender and sexual inferiority. It is a concrete way of changing someone into something...

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The Jos Carnage And Intellectual Endogamy

From the depth of my heart and with sincere tears dropping and flowing down my eyes and into my mouth with its salty taste, I condemn all previous ethnic massacres...

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Politics According To The Progressives

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Life in America: Rising Sun

My father died for somebody's dream of one Nigeria. Every morning he would go out to fight. And every morning my mother would cry. One day my father did not return, felled by the bullets of the thug that has Ikeja International Airport named after him. I am the new warrior, ashes born of the massacre in Asaba...

Extra-Judicial Killings: We should all be Alarmed!

If the Nigerian state will not protect her citizens from their own excesses, should it also then kill them to satisfy the notion of peace for elitist satisfaction? Who benefits from this much sought peace in Nigeria, and can there really be peace in the midst of poverty, ignorance, class chasm, inequality and pervasive injustice?

Pledge To Nigera My Country

Does this mean I have lost hope in Nigeria? God forbid! Then why are my mad? I am mad at the present directionless, disjointed system and its operators; mad at the pseudo, largely contested entity called the Nigerian state, together with its equally artificial copy-cat institutions that are as weak as they are cosmetic...

Emir Sanusi’s Lamentation!

The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II recently...

Gov. T.A. Orji has no hiding place

The truth about the government of Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia State can only be bent, but cannot be broken...

What In Hell Is Odogwu Doing In Lagos?

Odogwu came on transfer to Lagos from Enugu, and...