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Professor Philip Afaha Appointed Pioneer Vice Chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University of Education
Professor Philip Afaha has been appointed the pioneer Vice Chancellor of the newly established Akwa Ibom State University of Education, Afaha Nsit. The appointment was announced by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, during the 2026 Teachers’ Day celebration.
{Feature} EFFIONG BOB: MATTERS ARISING
EFFIONG BOB: MATTERS ARISING Philip Afaha One thing that distinguishes a public intellectual from ordinary folks is the additional capacity to exert his mental capital to both the academic audience and the public space. It is through writings that legends preserve their thoughts and exploits as a guide for posterity.
Musings Of A Historian On COVID-19
“He stretched himself and scratched his thighs where a mosquito had bitten him as he slept. Another one was wailing near his ear. He slapped the ear and hoped he had killed it. Why do they always go for one’s ear? … “Mosquitoes” Okonkwo’s mother told him “has asked ear to marry him, where upon ear fell on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. ‘How much longer do you think you will live? She asked.
Effiong Bob: Matters Arising
One thing that distinguishes a public intellectual from ordinary folks is the additional capacity to exert his mental capital to both the academic audience and the public space. It is through writings that legends preserve their thoughts and exploits as a guide for posterity.
Lessons From Mandela’s Struggle For African Liberation
The story of Nelson Mandela is already known. The summary of it is that he was born and raised from the wrong side of inequality. He led the fight for the freedom of his people and at a time he was branded a terrorist and incarcerated. He regained freedom and rose to become the president of a free country. Six years ago, Mandela died a universal hero and indeed one of the greatest and most revered homosapien that ever trot the earth.
We Must Support Our Troops
As a youngster, I dreamt of becoming a soldier. In those days, soldiering was the noblest of professions in Nigeria; it`s still is, but the glamour of being a soldier was more in the 80s when the military bestrode both barracks and the cities as rulers. My uncle, Col Otu Esu-Afaha Usendiah, was one of the finest brains the army could boast of at the time.
The Venezuelan Crisis: Matters Arising
By Philip Afaha Protocol, I wish to convey the warm compliments of the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, University of Abuja, first to Your Excellency, Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz of Venezuela, and to this wonderful gathering. I understand your Excellency is in Nigeria as a guest of the Federal Government for our Democracy Day Celebration which was staged yesterday.
Rwanda Genocide: Truth The World Refuses To Admit 25 Years After
While I was writing this piece on Rwanda, a significant event occurred; President Emmanuel Macron of France announced the constitution of a high-powered committee to probe the role of French troops in the 1994 Rwandan genocide after exactly 25 years of stringent denials of complicity. Curiously, the committee’s terms of reference do not include an explanation of the rationale behind France’s offer of asylum and protection from prosecution of the ringleaders of that senseless killings.
Limit Of Diplomacy And Foreign Intervention
Election rigging, killings and persecution of political opponents, human rights abuses, kleptomania, marginalisation of groups, state-induced poverty, state-induced violence and fear. These indices are often precursors to a failed state or a government heading for a crash. The normal defence of a culprit state is always massive anti-facts propaganda. Such state will struggle hard to deny or explain away its mostly premeditated atrocities.
Diplomacy Of Foreign Intervention
OPINION Election rigging, killings and persecution of political opponents, human rights abuses, kleptomania, marginalisation of groups, state-induced poverty, state-induced violence and fear. These indices are often precursors to a failed state or a government heading for a crash. The normal defence of a culprit state is always massive anti-facts propaganda. Such state will struggle hard to deny or explain away its mostly premeditated atrocities.
Buhari/APC: Your Problems Are Nepotism And Aborted Change, Not Order 06
Buhari/APC: Your Problems Are Nepotism And Aborted Change, Not Order 06 NEWS DIGEST – The adage of my nativity is President Muhammadu Buhari/APC Kalmar: “behind the doors closest can’t save the murderer”. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidency have murdered democracy; adopted rule of the thumb aborted her own electoral premises, dramatizes unremitting failure, as much as introduced primitive nepotism and archaic bigotry.
How Buhari is Changing Nigerian English (I), By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
How Buhari is Changing Nigerian English (I), By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. NEWS DIGEST- President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has failed to bring about the “change” it promised Nigerians in 2015, which prompted his party to change its slogan from “change” to “progress,” but both the president and the political atmosphere he has inspired has changed the face of Nigerian English in noticeable ways. Below are expressions that emerged in Nigerian English because of Buhari. 1.
‘Keeping Vigil Over This Democracy’ By Martins Oloja
‘Keeping Vigil Over This Democracy’ By Martins Oloja NEWS DIGEST – The 2019 general election is barely five months away. Though the campaigns are yet to begin in earnest, key issues that should dominate the election campaigns are curiously not crawling out.
Buhari, Atiku and the allegory of ‘danran’ and ‘gbafe’ By Festus Adedayo
Buhari, Atiku and the allegory of ‘danran’ and ‘gbafe’ By Festus Adedayo NEWS DIGEST- There is this twin concept of danran and gbafe in the rich oral tradition of Oyo monarchy that is told to successive kings, right from the days of the Old Oyo Empire. They are two very complex phenomena famous in the Old Oyo Empire and which undergirded its governance and administration.
Aisha Buhari’s missing N2.5bn
NEWS DIGEST- As Aisha Buhari left for the 73rd United Nations General Assembly two weeks ago, she was seething with rage. Aisha is the spouse of Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari, who came to office on an anti-corruption horse. Entering New York with her husband, Aisha was reported to be angry with her aide-de-camp (ADC), Chief Superintendent of Police Sani Baban-Inna. To be an ADC in Nigeria is to arrive at the table of privilege.
58th Independence: How A New Nigeria Will Emerge, By Dr Philip Afaha
58th Independence: How A New Nigeria Will Emerge, By Dr Philip Afaha NEWS DIGEST- Today marks the 58th independence anniversary of Nigeria. When i was asked to deliver the 2018 Independence Day Speech I was overwhelmed with nostalgia. As I watched people throng into the arena for celebration, I remembered back in those days when every child craved for independence; the glitz, the razzmatazz and everything a festival could offer. In Ubium where I grew up, the entire village will be shut down.
Inside Stuff: '#Project2019, Restructuring and Education’- By Martins Oloja
NEWS DIGEST- As it appeared at the weekend that the two dominant parties in Nigeria, the APC and the PDP would still be in charge of Nigeria as either governing or opposition party from 2019 to 2023, what else should we do than to fast and pray for the battered country. The governing APC has already sealed its presidential candidate issue: no controversy, it is the incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari.
Mandela: A Legacy Of Resilience In The Fight For Freedom
In my formative years, I perceived Nelson Mandela as the true meaning of a hero. Folktales were built around him. In schools, rhymes were composed and it was Mandela all the way. I believe the same experience replicated in all cities and communities in Africa especially towards the close of the last century. Apart from the usual catechism renditions, Mandela was our favourite song outside the church. As a child enthusiast I had longed to meet Mandela.
ASUU, Federal Government And The Rest Of Us - leadership.ng
“Government is not the solution to the problem, Government is the problem” – Ronald Reagan In my last article on Adamu Adamu, I had argued that the current Minister of Education appears different in his disposition and handling of issues. My opinion was informed by his deft handling of the return of history to the school curriculum. Only recently, Nigeria once again were perplexed at Adamu`s rare admission of quilt on the part of government for the recurring ASUU strike.
Troubling Diplomacy In The Korean Peninsula - leadership.ng
By 1948 Korea was split into two regions at the 38th parallel with each claiming to be the authentic government of the entire Korea. On 25th June 1950, North Korean tanks buoyed by Chinese and USSR support had defied the UN resolution and crossed the 38th parallel into the south. The 38th parallel was the arbitrary border set by the victors of world war 11 at Potsdam, however, none of the Korean regions accepted the 38th parallel as a permanent demarcation.
From Ozubulu To Nigeria: A Call For Attitudinal Restructuring - leadership.ng
26th October 1996 at the Grasshopper stadium which will later be renamed Dan Anyiam, as the beagle re-echoed my name I spirited from the stands on a quick march to received my NYSC merit award. I took a brisk salute at the military governor of Imo state as we were taught those days .on stretching to collect the award the Governor asked `are you ok`?, I nodded in response as the governor smiled while handing the frail award to me. What Col.
"Buharism” As Challenge To Nigeria’s Democracy By Ewere Zion Emmanuel Newsdiaryonline Nigerian Breaking News Security,Politics,Economy,Arts,Sports,Interviews, Governance,Public Affairs,Investigative Stories & Views
President Muhammadu Buhari was voted into power in the April 2015 general election and sworn in on May 29 of the same year. On that day, he made a well celebrated speech in which he left Nigerians with a profound and reassuring line: “I belong to nobody and I belong to everybody.” This was clearly indicative of his intent to uphold the sovereignty of the people during the period of his administration.
Opinion: Adamu Adamu and the call of history - YNaija
One day, Nigerian History will join English language and Mathematics as compulsory subjects in our schools; the need for this sure inclusion is staring Nigeria in the face. While inaugurating the recent disarticulation of History from Social Studies in the school curriculum, the Honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu had observed that the Nigerian nation is earnestly yearning for direction, most of which History holds the compass.
Adamu Adamu And The Call Of History, By Philip Afaha
One day, Nigerian History will join English language and Mathematics as compulsory subjects in our schools. The need for this sure inclusion is staring Nigeria in the face; while inaugurating the recent disarticulation of history from Social Studies in the school curriculum, the Honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu had observed that the Nigerian nation is earnestly yearning for directions most of which history holds the compass.
Buharism: I Belong To Nobody And Everyone
Buharism conjures populism. It is revealed as studied and calculated leadership from the bottom where all the masses feelings and aspirations are massaged. It doesn’t promise utopia but the leader must do everything to run the state as he perceived it from the standpoint of the oppressed. Muhammadu Buhari is a classical talakawa leader who need not dance to the gallery as he symbolizes the feelings of ordinary folks.
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