Michael Abodunrin Olusegun PhD (UMCA Theological College
Adeyinka Daniel Damilare (Ajayi Crowther University)
This study examines the marginalization of the Cross within African inculturation theology and argues for its reinterpretation through African relational ontology. While existing scholarship has largely focused on Christ...
Ene Eric Igbifa — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 01 July 2026
This paper attempts to establish a connection between the seemingly disparate disciplines of literature and psychiatry. It argues that the causes of the neuroses and nervous breakdown suffered by some of the leading char...
Anthonia Molokwu Nwaukoni — Delta State Polytechnic
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 19 June 2026
Anthonia Anukwu
The activities of a teacher undergo major changes with the delivery of a multidimensional second-language program. As training advances from teacher-centred to student-centred and from a language-based to a needs-based a...
Orji Onyedikachi Chinyere — Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 18 June 2026
Social media has become central to communication in Nigeria, yet it also amplifies security crises, from terrorism and insurgency to communal conflicts and separatist agitations. While technological interventions such as...
Marcillina Chidinma Ibe — University of Nigeria Nsukka
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 16 June 2026
Oluchi Esther Ifeanyi
Walter Ugwuagbor
Public discourse in Nigeria’s digital sphere has increasingly become a
site of political contestation and identity struggle. As social media users
engage in critique of governance, they often confront the dual
challen...
Chile A. Oparaocha — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá
This study investigates the semiotic functions of saliva in Ígálâ and
Igbo ritual speech, highlighting the intersection of embodiment,
symbolism, and communicative practice in cultural meaning-making.
Focusing on the...
Lotachukwu Cynthia Ononaiwu — Rivers State University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Adagogo C. Brown
This study critically examines Yoruba symbolism in Amos Tutuola’s
The Palm Wine Drinkard as a repository of indigenous knowledge,
challenging readings that categorise the narrative as mere folklore or
fantasy. The stu...
Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Onuegbu Isaac Ameme
Nigeria presents a striking paradox: despite being one of the most
Christian-populated countries in Africa, the nation continues to
experience persistent economic underdevelopment, systemic
corruption, deep inequality...
Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Olaide Deborah Brown
This study presents a phonological analysis of the tonal system of
Opobo-Igbo, an under-documented variety within the Igbo dialect
continuum. Although Igbo is widely described as a two-tone language
with downstep, exi...
Tamunosiki Markson — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
This paper posits that the prevailing "notice and consent" framework
governing data privacy represents a fundamental ethical collapse,
primarily because it reduces the concept of human autonomy to a mere
bureaucratic...
Remigius Achinike Obah — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
This paper did a critique of Wittgenstein’s critique of Metaphysics in
the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Wittgenstein, in this book dictates
that the sole function of philosophy is to monitor the bounds of sense,
to...
Gloria Njideka Ayantayo — Ajayi Crowther University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
This study investigates the social costs and benefits of atonement
within Nigerian Christianity, focusing on Catholic, Aladura (Christ
Apostolic Church, CAC), and Pentecostal (Living Faith Church,
Winners’ Chapel) con...
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Onogbeye Vera Iruoghene
The removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria in 2023 marked a major socio-economic
and political turning point that generated widespread hardship and intense
public debate. Editorial cartoons, as a form of visual political d...
Elkanah Oluwaseun Grillo — Osun State University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Deuteronomy 33:2 to 3 presents one of the most enigmatic and revealing
texts in the Hebrew Bible. Often read as a poetic prelude to Moses’
blessing of Israel, it functions less as simple hymnody and more as a
panegyri...
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Onogbeye Vera Iruoghene
This study investigates socio-semiotic persuasion in political cartoons
published in selected Nigerian newspapers during the 2023 fuel subsidy
removal. Drawing on a socio-semiotic approach to multimodality, the study...
