Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election Would Not Be Ordinary; Not Least is the Security Concern

  Paul Oluikpe. With the February, 2015 presidential elections looming, a lot of security…


An Interrogation of Democracy in Africa

  Olusesi Oluwole. There are fusillades of evidence all over Africa that Abraham Lincoln’s…


The Case For a Near Mandatory Alternative: The Nigerian Experience

    Ope Owotumi. In his 2015 State of The Union speech, President Barack Obama quipped…


Underdevelopment in Africa: A Great Deal of the Fault Lies Outside the Continent.

John O. Ifediora. The 2008 recession was the first time since the great depression of the 1930s…


Modern Unconventional Warfare: How Ready are Nation-States and Their Standing Militaries?

The war on terror cannot be fought on a conventional battlefield where opposition forces fire at…


The Economic Development of Nigeria from 1914 to 2014

    Jake Okechukwu Effoduh.   Introduction There is a common Igbo proverb that says: No…


It is Time!

Nigeria’s Presidential election set for next month promises to be all things to all voters and…


UN Millennium Development Goals: Good intentions with bad consequences

The Millennium Development Goals represent a well-meaning but extremely misguided attempt to assist…


Chinese Investments in Africa are Both Welcome and Worrisome

  Godwin Haruna. China’s audacious incursions into Africa, which have manifested in its aid…


Why Pandemics, such as Ebola, are Threats to Regional and National Security.

Sara E. Davies. Pandemics are for the most part disease outbreaks that become widespread as a…