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,...

Conrad the Bloody Racist: A cultural criticism of Heart of Darkness

To put it in typical Achebe fashion, it is easy for the man who defecates to forget the stench of his own excreta but the man who has to clean it up cannot forget. And this is what is now making Conrad turn in his grave...

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Campus Politics and Leadership Matter

What students perceive of leadership is indeed wrong. Leadership to them is an opportunity to siphon money from union account for personal aggrandizement, a means of enriching oneself to the detriment of others...

Nigeria Cannot Militarize Its Way To Peace

The time has come for Nigeria to confront a...

Valentine’s Day…Still Looking for Love

Why do I have to wait this long for the "it" woman to come into my world. Why? You see, not just any woman would do. She must be a 10, a perfect 10 in every way and on all scale of measurement...

Gov. Okorocha: An Executive Kidnapper?

The upsurge in kidnapping of prominent indigenes in the 27 local councils that make up the state raises crucial questions which the Imo government are not answering. Questions like: who are the brains behind these abductions? What is the government and police doing to nip it in the bud? Are politicians in the state using this strategy to intimidate their opponents and run them out of town?

The rest of Nigeria should take a cue from Indigbo!

I have been called an “Igbo apologist”, a “basket...

Restructure HYPREP For Proper Ogoni Clean Up, ERA Urges FG

Benin City Nigeria…The Environmental Rights Action, ERA, has asked...

A Generation of Confused Youth

“When will the goat be strong enough to kill...

Must Rule Charlatan Syndrome

Must Rule Charlatan Syndrome is a kind of political...

Zambia’s Historic Youth-Driven Vote – Indicators for Nigeria

Last week, Zambians elected a new President in a...

Amaechi's Frustrations In The Hands Of Contractors

Road construction always signifies the giant steps of any government, especially in this part of the world where the leaders use the tax payers’ money to build infrastructures and wear the imminent credit accruing from them as if it was their personal money...