Nigeria has over 300 ethnic groups. The Jukun is one of them. They are located in Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe States. They are also found in parts of northwestern Cameroon. There is hardly any ethnic group…
Have you heard of the 30-year wār fought in Germäny and other countries in Central Europe from 1618 to 1648? About 8 million people dìed. In Germäny, it redüced the population almost up to 50 percent. It was mostly between…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (written on 26.10.2020) 1) My dear gallant fallen youths; you went out to peacefully march on the streets in order to sooth the scars of your wounded Nation. Carrying nothing in your hands but…
“A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.” There are over 50 countries in the world that have deltas. “The Niger…
1) weāk g0vernance, 2) limited administrative capacity, 3) chr0nic humanitarian crìses, 4) persistent social tenşions, and 5) often, vi0lence or the legacy of armèd c0nflict; 6) high rate of j0blessness, especially among the youth; 7) inability to solve the problem…
According to Elizabeth Isichei, “no Nigerian people resisted coĺonialism more tenaciously than the Igbo. The great Emirates of the north, once conquered, supported the Britìsh, with the minor exception of the Satiru rising.” “The conquest of Igboland took over twenty…
There are at least 64 “Native American tribes in the United States that no longer exist as tribes today.” “A tribe can have living descendants and still be extinct as a political entity.” One of the ways a tribe can…
Someone wants to be rich and influential; rather, by improving on his skill and becoming industrious, he visits a godfather who tells him the political party to join and the position to contest for. He agrees with him on what…
Have you ever seen a couple fight dirty in court where each is after sending the other to jail or to be hănged? If one is found guilty or loses at the end, do you think anything could be done…
A human being once had a dream of making a bicycle. Today we do not only have a bicycle but exortic cars. Someone once had the dream of a flying car; today we have an aeroplane. Someone once dreamed of…
