Bakassi

Bakassi; a disputed territory between Nigerian and Cameron. The Bakassi peninsula is a maritime region within the eastern estuary of Cross River, it is one the most prolific food baskets which…

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Mbu Tawo

Mbu Tawo

Mbu, Mathew Tawo, lawyer, diplomat, politician and Chairman, Boki Boys secondary school Board of Governors, Cross River state, born November 20, 1929 in Okundi, Ogoja, Cross River State. He was…

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Interventionism

Interventionism is defined as the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs[i]. Nigeria has shown the…

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Raph Uwechue at 33 as a young ambassador

Raph Uwechue

Raph Uwechue; Pan Africanist and humanist, as a career diplomat, he joined the Nigerian Foreign Service at its inception in 1960, and served in Cameroun, Pakistan, and Mali. Raph was…

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Joy Angela Ogwu in the UN

Joy Ogwu

Joy Angela Ogwu; professor of International Relations, was the first female Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), which was established on December 13, 1961…

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Apartheid conference in Lagos, 1977

Apartheid

Apartheid is the separate-existence economic and social system that existed in South Africa officially from 1948 to 1994. Although the etymology of the word itself is rooted in the Afrikaans…

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World War I

World War I was the worldwide conflict in which Nigeria’s colonial overlord, Britain, formed part of a triad that constituted the Allied powers in its military campaign against the Central…

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Anglophonism

Anglophonism was the term used in pre-independence times to describe the tendency of the Nigerian to see self as naturally aligned with, or to show allegiance to the English. In Michael…

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Imperialism

Imperialism, also called colonialism, refers to the subjugation of a territory under another, especially through military force, hence the political and economic dependence of the subject….

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