Christian Tuotamuno Diri — Federal University, Otuoke
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
This study employs media framing analysis and six (6) empirical studies on environmental communication, reporting, and coverage on different aspects of the Niger Delta were analysed. These empirical studies were purposiv...
Adaobi Ejechi — University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
Dominant narratives often frame revolution, particularly insurgency, as chaotic, irrational, and destructive. In the Niger Delta, this framing continues to obscure the historical, political, and ecological contexts that...
A. Chukwudumebi Obute — AFREXTRACT Project, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
Iva Peša AFREXTRACT Project
Jackson Tamunosaki Jack AFREXTRACT Project
Since the evolution of the Nigerian literary tradition in the 1950s, itself a successor to orature, numerous writers have consistently opted to make society the epicentre of their enterprise. In fact, a handful have even...
Sunday Abayiga Needam — Hassan Odukale Methodist Theological Institute
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Why do some societies build resilient institutions while others falter under the weight of concentrated power? The answer may lie not only in constitutional reforms but also in enduring governance traditions that distrib...
Kolade Samuel Oluwasegun — Glorious Vision University, Ogwa
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
The global environmental crisis has renewed interest in religious
resources for ecological ethics. While biblical eco-theology has largely
focused on Genesis, Psalms, and the Prophets, the Book of Proverbs
(despite it...
Tajudeen Odebode Ishola — Lagos state university
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 07 January 2026
This paper explores the underlying factors for separatist agitations in
Nigeria. It is an exploratory study that used qualitative method of
secondary source of data collection from text book, peer review
journals with...
Dean Odeh — Niger Delta University
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 19 June 2020
Language is an integral part of culture. It expresses a cultural reality and speakers identify themselves and others through their use of language which is the index or symbol of their social or cultural identity. Human...
Uchenna Ohagwam — Rivers State University
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 18 June 2020
Augustine Nwanyanwu
In the epigraph to Rob Nixon’s Slow Violence and Environmentalism of the Poor are two very incisive statements. One of such statements is by Arundhati Roy which reveals the negative influences of globalization and how it...
Bernard Otonye Stephen — Niger Delta University
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 18 June 2020
Chinyelu Florence Ojukwu
From Weep Not, Child (1964) to Wizard of the Crow (2007), Ngugi wa Thiong’o has remained deeply preoccupied with the fate of the Kenyan society in its transitions through different historical epochs. His interest in the...
ThankGod Bekweri Amadi — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 12 June 2020
This paper critically examines the roles and theories of prayer in human existence. It raises questions on the logicality of some theories of prayer such as petition, confession and thanksgiving; since according to some...
Laurel Chikwado Madumere — Imo State Polytechnic
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2019
African modern literature is fraught with protests. At first it was the protests against imperialism; later it became a protest against African postcolonial elites and neo-colonialism. The literature, at the stages above...
Nasir Muhammad Abdulhameed — University of Jos
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 18 May 2018
The practice of female circumcision started in ancient Egypt and spread to other parts of the world. It was imbued in the cultures of different communities long before the coming of Islam. Female circumcision is carried...
Ikwor Ibe Afiauwa — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 18 May 2018
This paper examined the concern of the limitations of human language, which create a confusion of ideas and impairment of meaning, through a qualitative analysis of Willian Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The Ideational The...
Adiele, Chidi — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2017
The initiation ceremony involves elaborate dances. Lifestyle after the initiation process is what matters most in men’s initiation ceremony. This research aims at documenting men’s initiation process and songs used in Ig...
Emmanuel B. Eyo — University of Calabar
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 01 July 2017
The aim of this paper is to expose the thrust of Charles Darwin’s theory of social and biological evolution and also restate that his theory of evolution reveals some imperfections especially in the study of socio biolog...
