Politics of Nigeria

are the real McCoy. Therefore, clap for yourselves. And now, let us condemn president Buhari collectively. His policy-goal to single Jonathan out for prosecution makes no sense in Naira and kobo. It is low-politics and lowlife For your information, Sanusi was onetime ace of Central Bank of Nigeria. It is true that two worngs cant make a right. And rightly so, Jonathan was wrong to have done selective probe on Sanusi. And more so, the Devil is in the deatails in Mr Buhari's intention to do a…

Consequently, this study focuses on how human rights violation by both military and civilian regimes contributed to conflict escalation in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. The study will contribute to the debate on how human rights violation by a particular regime influences the escalation of conflict. 1.2 Statement of the Problem Human rights violations are usually associated with conflict. That is why a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, argued that…

own countries, rejecting the modern and the contemporary , which is tainted with the colonial status of their notion. Post colonialism examines the representation of cultural diversity. The novel “ Arrow of god” talks about colonization that set in Nigeria in early twentieth century. “ Arrow of god” shows the colonizer has the right to rule and make order. Colonization in the novel appears in British government officials and Christian missionaries. Colonization wants to impose its culture and…

Nigeria is plagued by conflicts between various ethnic groups, issues of widespread government corruption and ineffectiveness, and by conflicts concerning the production and sale of oil. These problems are all especially evident in the Niger Delta. As a resident of the Niger Delta and an ethnic minority within Nigeria, I have a unique perspective on the situations at hand, as well as how they aught to be remedied. I hope to see citizens of the Delta gain an increased amount of regional…

In his critical work, Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o posits that language is the conveyor of culture within a society. Having made the personal, artistic socio-political decision to only write in his native African language, Wa Thiong’o theorizes that the enculturation of English on African citizens is symbolic of the state of neo-imperialism, and that the ‘peasantry’ or ‘proletariat’ class is the keeper of traditional values. It is for…

Resistance and Contemporariness in Kaine Agary’s Yellow Yellow Introduction African literature has come of age through several sections, from the scripts of prehistoric Egypt through the oral form of transmission, which celebrated human and supernatural achievement rendered in songs by court bards, griots, troubadours, public dances, and masks. Walter.J Ong points out that ‘such as the traditional oral stories, proverbs, prayers, formulaic expressions…alternatively, other oral productions of,…

History of the Benin shrines and altars go back to the thirteenth century located in the Africa’s beautiful tropical forest region of South – Central, Nigeria Edo Estate. The Benin kingdom consist of not only the Edo people, they also include the peoples of Igbo, Ijaw, Yoruba, and Itsekiri that live along the Edo state boarders. The Benin kingdom is one of the many places in Africa known for its sophisticated and beautiful art made of ivory, brass, and wood. “The Edo artist consist of brass…

nation. In ‘The New Oil Gulf of Africa: Global Geopolitics and Enclave Oil Producing Economies” by Okbazghi Yohannes looks at the participating of Africa in the world economy and how resource reach African countries have been affected by it. In "The Politics of HIV/ AIDS in Africa: Representation and the Political Economy of Disease" by Susan Craddock looked the response of the West regarding HIV/ AID epidemic in Africa and the power relation. In “Reshaping Power and The Public Sphere: The…

In October 2016, it was announced that a Saudi Imam would be visiting Nigeria in the near future to improve relations between the two countries; no doubt this Imam would condemn the actions of al-Barnawi and his followers as it would aid in the political aim of his mission. truly byzantine leader would do well to seize this as an opportunity to inflame the Sharia north through one of two COAs: coercing the Imam to denounce hostile action against Boko Haram; failing that, eliminating the Imam…

states in Nigeria have to shun this ‘sin’, this western education and embrace the Islamic system of education. The Islamic system of education is in such a way that a child is brought up to learn and memorize the entire Quran in Arabic (not their native language), while also learning a few mainstream courses on the side. Now, the issue is that, you cannot practice the Islamic system of education without actually being a Muslim. And right there, is where it all hits a brick wall. Nigeria…