Olusegun Obasanjo

The portrayal of irony is shown in two literary texts, a short story titled “Jacob's Chicken," by Milos Macourek and a poem titled “Porphyria’s Lover," by Robert Browning. Irony is an expression that is used to insinuate sarcasm; it typically signifies the opposite of what is said. In other words, irony is seen as appearance versus reality. The short story “Jacob’s Chicken” is about a passionate child who draws a unique chicken that others do not initially appreciate due to its unusual appearance. Specifically, Jacob’s teacher lacks appreciation for Jacob’s creation. Towards the end of “Jacob’s Chicken”, the drawing attracts the recognition of a zoo and people are amazed by the uniqueness of the chicken. Porphyria’s lover is deranged and ultimately murders Porphyria so that she can be his forever. His actions are vicious and it is evident through his actions that he lacks empathy. Throughout both of these literary pieces, Macourek and Browning utilize two types of irony: verbal and dramatic. The authors use tone and structure to convey both verbal, dramatic, and situational irony in their pieces. One approach of irony that is used in both the short story and the poem is through the tone of the narrator. Macourek uses irony and repetition for readers to better comprehend the story more efficiently. The teacher exclaims, “Jacob's chicken really looks more like a turkey, but then not quite, for it also resembles a sparrow and also a peacock…” (Macourek 1). This sentence is…

In spite of the inauguration of a panel (Oputa Panel) to investigate cases of human rights violation in Nigeria by the newly elected civilian government in 1999, the problem persisted. Between 1999 and 2007 several cases of gross human rights violation were recorded. As an antithesis to the inauguration of the Oputa Panel president Obasanjo on November 20, 1999 took a decision which became one of the worst cases of human rights violation in Nigeria. The government in an attempt to track down…

would be held for a president, and a young muslim named Moshood Abiola won the elections, beating the leading Hausa candidate. However, two weeks later, the military announced that the election results were invalid, and imprisoned Moshood Abiola. The military, divided the nation based on ethnicity, and hoped that it would be easier to control, but the opposite thing happened. This created a new ethnic crisis and the next five years were filled with violent protests and mass migrations, as the…

the executive branch is still important. Posner and Young explain, “formal institutional rules are coming to matter much more than they used to, and have displaced violence as the primary source of constraints on executive behavior.” (Posner, Young 127) To obtain the executive position, individuals would turn to coups, assassinations, or violence. However, as African countries experimented with democracy, more responsibility was placed on the incumbent to leave office peacefully with support…

two organization still remains the customer or the users of the intended service or product. In other words, the emphasis of the universal basic education (UBE) program is on the students’ education, and the institution achieves its objective by satisfying the education needs of the students as pathway through which the institution’s goal of making basic education accessible to all, is attained. Education as an essential service can be equated with service marketing which Kotler (1999) described…

Foreign Exchange, Foreign Reserves, Investors, Infrastructure. 1.1 Introduction It is a known fact that investment plays a major role in the growth and development of a country’s economy and it helps immensely in the provision of employment opportunities and creation of wealth for the citizens. Investment is the engine that drives the wheels of growth and development of many nations (Asiedu, 2002). The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria was intended to reposition the economy as a…

single person’s death. They went further with their killings and even kidnapped 250 girls in Chibok Nigeria. Surely, their activities were out of hatred and deliberate wickedness. Also, since the security forces have been making a lot of progress on their activities. Recent findings have shown that the so called advocate for Islamic education do not practice what they preach. Charity begins at home, they say. Security forces have been recovering a few items like cannabis, chlorofone substance…

For example in November 1999, Odi community in Bayelsa State was invaded by security forces based on the order of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The attack of Odi community by the military resulted in the loss of lives and properties (Environmental Rights Action, 2002). The government repeated a similar action in Odioma community situated in the Brass Local Government of Bayelsa State in February 2005, resulting in gross human rights violation (Courson,…

Nigerian government like any other developing African countries is trying as much as possible to keep her unemployed youths, especially graduates off the streets by engaging them in some sort of craftsmanship by formulating and the implementation of different economic policies. For example, the encouragement and the patronage of made in Nigeria merchandise by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo when luxury goods, beverages as well as poultry products with the aim of boosting local…

policemen were commanded by an ethnic Yoruba officer (Major Okuntimo), who couple of months prior had headed a group of a joint task force of military and paramilitary policemen that ousted the rebellious youths from their home base. The then President, Olusegun Obasanjo an ethnic Yoruba himself reacted to the killings by requesting that Bayelsa State Governor, should produce the perpetrators within a fourteen days span for indictment and possibly prosecution. The president further decreed…