Dìbò k’ó se’bẹ̀_ and the raw reality of politics – (2)

By abiodun KOMOLAFE _(Published in The Nation, Saturday, August 1, 2026)_ As Adlai Stevenson Jr. famously observed, _“A hungry man…

Joseph Greenberg and the Fourfold Classification of African Languages: Dismantling the Hamitic Myth American linguist Joseph

In essence, Greenberg's classification did more than organize languages; it restored intellectual agency to Africa. By proving that the vast…

The Fallacy of “Semi-Bantu”: An Obsolete Concept in the Light of Modern Anthropology and the Bantu Homeland

To continue describing any group as Semi-Bantu is to perpetuate a colonial typological error. The term has no linguistic validity,…

Tinubu Says He’s in Politics for Nigeria: Is This Deception, Amnesia, or Chronic Bwala Syndrome?

by Mohammed Bello Doka 31 July, 2026 There is a widow in Maiduguri who has not tasted rice in three…

Every Nation is an Artificial Construct: Reassessing the “Colonial Mistake” Narrative in Nigeria

The discourse on Nigeria’s legitimacy must shift from colonial determinism to civic responsibility. Nations endure not because they are “natural,”…

REDISCOVERING OURSELVES: LANGUAGE EXTINCTION, CULTURAL AMNESIA AND THE URGENT NEED TO RECLAIM OUR HERITAGE IN CROSS RIVER STATE

We are indeed getting closer to the re-discovery of ourselves. Our monoliths, our Nsibidi, our history of Princess Ibum and…

SERVING MY FATHERLAND My NYSC Camp Experience) By JOHN BEMSHIMA BENEDICT: New Book

https://selar.com/480n4cb155 SERVING MY FATHERLAND My NYSC Camp Experience) By JOHN BEMSHIMA BENEDICT “Life is a voyage. It is about the…

THE STATE MUST NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERROR: LEGITIMACY, POWER AND THE HOBBESIAN ABYSS

To openly propose dialogue with murderers is not strategy; it is abdication. A state must not negotiate with terror. Once…

WHO IS RUNNING THE FUTURE?: How Nigeria Uses Its Youth vs How Developed Nations Do

By Comrade Kunle Sodipo anipr _Ogun State, Nigeria based Public Affairs Analyst and Security Strategist_ 31 July, 2026 kdrexafricanchild@gmail.com If…

FROM PRISON CELL TO ASO ROCK: THE REMARKABLE POLITICAL COMEBACK OF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO

by Agbomagbe Kazeem "In June 1998, former Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo, regained his freedom after spending three years…

Language Shift in Cross River State: The Fate of Kiong among the Korup and Lubila among the Ojor People

A language is said to be endangered when it is no longer being transmitted to children and the number of…

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