THE BROKEN CALABASH OF THE NORTH By Pastor Joseph Maren Sampson Director‚ Reconciliation Trainers Africa (RETA) #41 Sarkin Warram Street Bukuru‚ Plateau Nigeria. Email: marensam@yahoo.co.uk Introduction The Jos crisis and its dimension have punctured the legal fiction often referred to as ‘One North’ in Nigeria. The idea that the North is one big united and indivisible family with a common identity‚ shared beliefs and single collective future is not only patently fallacious but is based
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HISTORY TEACHES US THAT HISTORY TEACHES NOTHING; DISCUSS? 1.0 INTRODUCTION All human cultures tell stories about the past‚ deeds of ancestors‚ heroes‚ gods‚ or animals. Songs sacred to particular peoples were chanted and memorized long before there was any writing with which to record them. Their truth was authenticated by the very fact of their continued repetition. History which can be considered as an account that purports to be true of events and ways of thinking and feeling in some part
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In the 1880s‚ the scramble for Africa began‚ which brought destruction to the continent. Europeans helped Africa in many ways but it was primarily for their benefits too. The westerners arrived with a main purpose of gaining for themselves with no regards for the effects they imposed on Africa. Although countries like Equatorial Guinea and Morocco improved slightly due to the Europeans‚ other countries‚ such as Nigeria and South Africa‚ suffered greatly. Morocco didn’t have roads before it became
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of the country and gave it a distinct direction which clearly focused on placing Africa overwhelmingly at the epicenter of Nigeria’s foreign policy‚ and successive Nigerian leadership have well followed suit. However‚ it was the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon that clearly identified Africa as the center-piece of Nigeria’s foreign policy. Africa as the center-piece of Nigeria’s foreign policy is a foreign policy thrust which primarily and persistently accords utmost attention‚ total concentration
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roads in major areas in Lagos State is unquantifiable. Successive governments had adopted various strategies to address this major challenge. For instance in the early 70s‚ the administration of Brigadier-General Mobolaji Johnson (rtd) and General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) upgraded Carter Bridge to address the then ever increasing traffic jam from the Mainland to Lagos Island. It also built the Eko bridge linking Surulere to Lagos Island‚ Agege Motor Road‚ Apapa – Oshodi expressway‚ Badagry expressway and also
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we stand and how far we can misbehave. Most infrastructural developments in the country where done under the military regime e.g. - the famous lagos-ibadan expressway - Gowon‚ the plan was to make that expressway all the way to ilorin. - lagos international airport (known now as MMIA) - Gowon - building of oil refineries - Gowon - 3rd Mainland bridge - Babangida - effective law & order - Buhari - dealing with foreign companies (e.g British Airways) - Abacha - plain level exchange rate - Abacha -
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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THE PLACE OF NDI-IGBO IN NIGERIA’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT By Ikechukwu D. Ikerionwu Relationship Management Unit Sterling Bank Plc‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT The advent of European colonialism radically altered the Igbo consciousness and compelled them to draw upon opportunities of the ‘new order’ to meet social and economic demands. The twentieth century was a period when the Nigerian people
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NAME: DADA FEHINTOLUWA MATRIC: CSMS/2011/188 COURSE: POLITICS IN AFRICA COUSRE CODE: PSC 202 QUESTION ADOPT A COUNTRY AND STUDY IT COUNTRY STUDIED: NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Nigeria‚ officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its
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IJRF Vol 5:1 2012 (73–85) 73 Threats to religious freedom in Nigeria Analysis of a complex scenario Yakubu Joseph and Rainer Rothfuss1 Abstract Nigeria currently grapples with an unprecedented spate of sectarian violence‚ which continues to take a debilitating toll on the people. Although the country is no stranger to communal violence related to religion‚ which in the last twelve years has claimed thousands of lives‚ the present situation is unique in terms of the nature‚ geographical
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