Download or read book Oil Politics and Violence written by Max Siollun and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the ?Giant of Africa, ? Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa's first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region.
Download or read book Conflict Zone written by Don Pendleton and published by Gold Eagle. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria is rich in oil, drugs and blood rivals—on both the domestic and international fronts. Mack Bolan's ticket into the chaos is a rescue operation involving the kidnapped daughter of an American petroleum executive. Her safe but violent return brings the warrior to phase two of his scorched-earth campaign against the escalating guerrilla violence in this country's delta state. Knowing that confused enemies mount ineffective defenses, Bolan launches multiple precision strikes, luring into the open hostile tribal factions vying for control of the oil fields. At the same time, Chinese and Russian agents are cutting themselves in on the region's untapped fortune in oil. It's the kind of blood-and-thunder mission that Bolan fights best, the kind of war that keeps him in his element long enough to defeat the enemy and—with luck—get out alive.
Download or read book Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria s Most successful ruler written by Adeolu, Adebayo and published by Safari Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Olusegun Obasanjo is not strange to anybody around the world. In Nigeria, Obasanjo is a household name, a civil war hero, an administrator, a successful farmer, the first military head of State to have organized an election and handed over successfully to a civilian government, a nation-builder who initiated most of Nigeria’s national heritage and a builder of men who introduced many Nigerian technocrats to governance and their indelible marks in governance are still very visible, the only Nigerian to have been nominated as United Nation’s Secretary General, the first former head of State to be imprisoned, though on a wrong accusation, and the first person to have ruled Nigeria twice (between 1976-1979 and 1999-2007).
Download or read book Third World Crime written by Ekene Ike-Ekwolo and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ruthless aspirant trying to use a past romance to advance his political ambition; A lying wife that will do anything to cover this past; Then A gruesome murder in a hotel room. Brace yourself as the master storyteller takes you on a ride of Politics, romance and blackmail
Download or read book A Pot of Soup written by Mairo Muhammad Mudi and published by Exceller Books. This book was released on with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating narrative spanning across pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial eras, we delve into the lives of two remarkable women from different backgrounds and generations. Their story is a tapestry of love and pain, tradition and civilization. We witness the plight of a woman deeply devoted to her husband and family but entangled in conflicts with her in-laws, eventually reaching a breaking point. She embarks on a journey abroad, seeking solace and a fresh start. Fate intervenes when she encounters a mysterious woman, perhaps bound for the same destination, driven by a quest to reunite with her son in England. Their intertwined paths ignite a saga of hope and helplessness, revealing the indomitable spirit of these resilient women.
Download or read book Break Free from Eczema written by Rachel Zohn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find relief from itchy, red skin with this complete guide to healing eczema, including alternative treatments, DIY remedies, dietary suggestions, patient testimonials, and so much more. Eczema is an intensely itchy, blistering, and inflamed skin condition that affects millions of people every day, yet many struggle to find treatments that actually work for them. The truth is, there is no cure or one-size-fits-all solution for eczema, but you can arm yourself with the information you need to determine what will work best for you. That’s where Break Free from Eczema comes in! This book is your guide to understanding how your genes, the environment you live in, your daily routines, and more can affect your skin, and how to use that information to determine the best course of action—specifically for you. This book provides practical tips and ideas on ways to manage eczema, including: - Alternative and complementary treatments you can try out at home - Clear explanations into the most current medical research on eczema, including topical steroid withdrawal - Questions you need to ask yourself and your medical professionals - Real-life stories of those who have dealt with this condition
Download or read book Criminal Resistance written by Temitope B. Oriola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crude oil extraction in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria generates 96% of all foreign earnings and 85% of state revenues, making it crucial to the survival of the Nigerian state. Several generations of state neglect, corruption and mismanagement have ensured that the Delta region is one of the most socio-economically and politically deprived in the country. By the late 1990s there was a frightening proliferation of armed gangs and insurgent groups. Illegal oil bunkering, pipeline vandalism, disruption of oil production activities, riots, and demonstrations intensified and in 2003, insurgents began kidnapping oil workers at a frenetic pace. In late 2005, an uber-insurgent movement 'organization' was formed in Nigeria. Christened the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), it operates as an amorphous, multifaceted amalgam of insurgent groups with an unprecedented clinical precision in execution of intents. By focussing on kidnappings that are putatively connected to the struggle for emancipating the Niger Delta, Oriola makes the case for analysing MEND as a social movement organization, rather than a terrorist or criminal gang by showing how political processes shape kidnappings in the Delta. The use of violent repertoires of contention has not garnered sufficient attention in the social movement literature, despite the fact that that around the world, many similar groups are adopting violent tactics without necessarily eschewing non-violent techniques. Based on multi-actor research, including interviews and focus group discussions with community members, military authorities, 42 ex-insurgents directly involved in illegal oil bunkering and kidnapping, and official email statements from 'Jomo Gbomo', the spokesperson of MEND, this book will be of interest to sociologists, political scientists and peace and security studies scholars.
Download or read book Beyond the Primary Commodity Trap written by Uchendu Egbezor and published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Primary Commodity Trap offers an alternative paradigm for analysing African development from the current "e;aid and aids"e; narrative.Taking as its point of departure Africa's failure to extricate itself from over dependence on raw materials and its seeming inability to industrialise, it offers an analysis of the political forces that have shaped and continue to shape Africa's political economy. The book focuses particularly on the endemic poverty in the continent and how it interfaces with politics. Written with the general reader in mind, the book also examines some of the internal dynamics in Africa and how these combine with the continent's history and some other extraneous factors to explain the current conditions of economic poverty and the poverty of leadership in many parts of the continent.
Download or read book The Politics of Biafra And the Future of Nigeria written by Chudi Offodile and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Biafra is a reflection on the importance of history in addressing present realities and the future co-existence of Nigeria's multi ethnic society. It analyzes the ideological struggles and conflict in Biafra during the war with Nigeria from 1967-1970, the impact of the war and the relevance of those struggles to the current agitations for a new state of Biafra. In this historical and analytical work, the author observes that nearly fifty years after the end of the Nigeria-Biafra war in 1970, Nigeria remains confronted with the Biafra dilemma. No matter its pretensions, Nigeria will at some point have to reform its present pseudo federal arrangement to create a more inclusive, equitable and proper federal structure. If not, the country will continue to face epileptic developmental thrusts, militancy in the Niger Delta and a ruinous intensifying clamor for self-determination by disadvantaged ethnic groups, especially the Igbo. Appendix - Three part essay by Professor Chukwuma Soludo.
Download or read book Beyond Gone written by Douglas Corleone and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return Specialist Simon Fisk is about to go on his most dangerous mission: rescuing the granddaughter of the US Secretary of State from terrorists. Simon Fisk, a specialist in recovering abducted children, is on a routine case in Cape Town when he suddenly finds the body of the suspect he has been following. Believing he is being framed for murder, he runs and soon discovers the job was merely a ruse to lure him to the continent. There, Simon will be tasked with his most dangerous mission yet: trekking through the African bush to locate a group of terrorists responsible for abducting the granddaughter of the US Secretary of State. Although Simon prefers to work alone, he is accompanied by university professor Jadine Visser, an old flame, who quickly proves adept at survival. But why is she involved? And how will they locate the underground militant group bent on using the girl in a high-profile terror attack before it’s too late?
Download or read book Obasanjo Nigeria and the World written by John Iliffe and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olusegun Obasanjo has been the most important and controversial figure in Nigeria's first 50 years of independence and the most powerful African of his time. John Iliffe examines Olusegun Obasanjo's complex personality and the extreme controversy he arouses among Nigerians, and illustrates the immense demands made on a leader of a state like Nigeria.
Download or read book The Water Thief written by Claire Hajaj and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Ishmael’s Oranges comes a searing novel with a profound moral conflict at its heart. When a heart attack kills his father, young architect Nick abandons his comfortable London life to volunteer abroad for a year – a last chance to prove himself, and atone for old sins. But in a remote village on the edge of the Sahara, dangerous currents soon engulf him: a simmering family conflict, hidden violence and dangerous fanaticism. An illicit attraction to his host’s lonely wife soon threatens both of their worlds. But when a deadly drought descends it brings an irrevocable choice: should he take matters into his own hands? Or let fate run its course? His decision has life-changing consequences for them all.
Download or read book A Roadmap for Understanding African Politics written by Victor Oguejiofor Okafor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape Nigeria's national politics as well as African politics generally. Okafor discusses how Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial political histories along with contemporary external forces like neo-colonialism, as well as internal social, economic and political structures and developments, have affected emerging post-independence politics in the country. The study climaxes with an Africa-centered theory of political and integrative leadership and then uses it as a prism for analyzing six Nigerian post-independence political leaderships, encompassing Nigeria's First and Second Republics, along with their military interregna. The concluding chapter includes a discussion of the implications of the study for leadership and political integration in Africa in general.
Download or read book Corruption In Africa written by Iyorwuese Hagher and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a collection of fifteen plays written by Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, Africa’s most politically exposed playwright. This rare collection offers a penetrating insight of corruption and politics in Africa well as the global injustices that plagued the world in the last quarter of the 20th century and in contemporary times. Hagher’s unique narrative style is richly inspired by his academic career as Professor of theater and drama and his practical work as actor and director as well as his engagement with the traditional Tiv Kwagh-hir theater. Hagher is master of satire, humor and unending endings. The plays are masterpieces of Hagher’s workshop experiences.
Download or read book Africa Dawn of a New Era written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks at some of the major events which took place in Africa in the early years of independence including challenges to statehood and nationhood which threatened the existence of some countries. He also looks at the struggle for independence in some of the countries which were among the last to win their freedom, and at some of the causes of conflict in a number of countries across the continent which can be traced to the wrong foundation laid in the sixties for the new African nations. Subjects covered include the Nigerian civil war which almost destroyed the Nigerian federation when the Eastern Region seceded in 1967 and established the independent Republic of Biafra, and which still haunts Nigeria today.
Download or read book Nigeria In Search Of A Stable Civil military System written by J. ’Bayo Adekson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical study of the evolution and conduct of military government as well as civil-military relations in Nigeria since 1970, examining the essentially military clauses of both the draft and final Constitution drawn up for post-1979 Nigeria.
