Africa

Discourse Event: |Failure in governance is an endpoint of the political titration and Government’s abdication its accountability and responsibility to protect.

On Friday 30th December, 2023, upon invitation, the MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult Oseloka H. Obaze was the guest on the Atlanta Discuss with Ade podcast hosted by Ade Balogun. The …

Covid-19 R-Factor and Weak Links in Nigeria

Oseloka H. Obaze   Neither federal nor the 36 State governments can say categorically the number of Nigerians infected with COVID-19. As per Nigeria’s R-Factor (Infection Risk Factor), NCDCs extant …

News Track| Leading foreign relations think tank in Africa, SIRA, gets new leadership – Owei Lakemfa is President; Obaze chairs public affairs committee

The leading foreign relations Think Tank in Africa, Society for International Relations Awareness, has elected human rights activist, labour leader and author, Owei Lakemfa, as its new President. Lakemfa, who …

Vision 2020 – Was a Psychedelic Model of National Development Plan -Obaze

Points made by Oseloka H. Obaze during a Zoom meeting moderated by Richard Ali to preview his book Waning Strength of Government and Nigeria’s Vision 2020  As  I see it …

Obaze’s Waning Strength of Government Resonates

Book Review, 30/10/2020; Title: ​​Waning Strength of Government; Author: ​Oseloka H. Obaze; Publisher:​Parrésia Publishers, Lagos Nigeria;  Pages: ​255​; Price: ​N4,500 (Jumia); $11.50 (Amazon); Reviewer: ​Chiagozie Udeh.   Oseloka H. Obaze, diplomat, …

If the Dead Could Speak, What Would Achebe Say of Present Day Nigeria?

Keynote Address by Hon. Oseloka Henry Obaze, MD/CEO Selonnes Consult Ltd.At the Fifth Chinua Achebe Literary Festival, Awka, Nigeria, 16th November, 2020   Introduction I am thrilled to have been …

Africa’s Vision Merits a Niche in the Contemporary Poetic Canon

 Book Review;   15/11/2020; Title: ​​Africa’s Vision; Author: ​Oseloka H. Obaze​​​​; Publisher:​Parrésia Publishers, Lagos Nigeria; Pages: ​125​; Price: ​$8.53 (Amazon); N3,500 (Jumia); Reviewer: ​Reginald Chiedu Ofodile.    Africa’s Vision is …

Guest Policy Opinion:   Mali lessons for African leaders

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo Recent events in Mali — which saw massive popular protests culminating in a military coup on August 18 — have invoked the spectre of the return to …

Policy Brief 78-20 |Heeding Attahiru Jega’s Constitutional Counsel

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze*   The mixed reactions with which Nigeria’s 60th anniversary was celebrated by Nigerians, revealed the depth of resignation and cynicism pervading the nation …

Oseloka H. Obaze’s two books, Waning Strength of Government & Africa’s Vision – A Second Anthology, published.

Announcing Parresia’s release of Oseloka H. Obaze’s two new (2020) books: Waning Strength of Government & Africa’s Vision – A Second Anthology.   Both books which will be available at bookstores …