Position Papers

Meghan Markle’s bloodline serves as the confluence of many currents, of great kings, great promises, and of great pain…but her people have always survived to thrive. This is the glorious…

If it is true that Philosophy is supposed to rescue society from itself, is it then not time for philosophers to begin to engage in discussions and serious thoughts about…

A few days ago I was rummaging through some national dailies. One of them, The Guardian of Nigeria, carried a very curious story on its front page. The news item…

The United States Department of State funds an International Visitor Leadership Program through which it seeks to build mutual understanding between the United States of America and other nations through…

What do Nigerians really want? A million dollar question! I am dwarfed to make any preachment on how people should live their lives. As a concerned citizen of Nigeria, I…

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is currently implementing the Civil Society Advocacy Support for Anti-Corruption in Nigeria CASAN. As part of activities lined up, ANEEJ has…

When a child falls down he looks at the front but when an adult falls, he looks at the back.  At fifty six years of age, Nigeria is ripe enough…

QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent years, as more Nigerians begin to pay close attention to the country’s chequered past, the nature of Ironsi’s ascension to…

Ironsi’s Role In The January 15 1966 Coup The evidence that shows that General Ironsi and the plotters of the supposedly Igbo coup of January 15 1966 were diametrically opposed…

 My attention has been drawn to the press statement issued by the Oshodi Tapa family titled, “Oshodi Tapa wasn’t a slave of Oba Kosoko, says family” (The Guardian 6th May 2015) which…

From the above caption, it can be seen that this New Year’s article stands on a tripod. British soldiers who fought in Iraq are under investigation for murders and war…

When memory sails across history, to reclaim landscapes of her birth, or recover epistemic citadels hijacked by imperialisms of conquering narratives; custodians of stolen legacies, and other fences in crime,…

There were things the United Nations Secretary-General did not tell the Paris Conference on Climate Change. He did not tell the Conference that the attitude of our leaders should change…

There are times in the life of a people when the gloves come off and frank talk must take the space in national discourse. If my memory serves me well,…

“It is true that there are no limits to masculine egotism in ordinary life. In order to change the conditions of life we must learn to see them through the…