Emeka's Money
Emeka's Money

Author: Onyinye Ough

Publisher: Onyinye Ough

Published: 2018-07-28

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1527227243

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Emeka was a good man, and tried to do good things for the people he liked. Emeka worked for a State Governor in Nigeria. Although he had good intentions of using his power to help his friends and family, he learns that using public office and funds to make those close to him happy can actually harm the people in his State. Emeka’s Money is a modern parable designed for children aged six to ten years old to help them understand the impact that corruption has within Nigerian society. Written by anti-corruption and service delivery expert Onyinye Ough and illustrated by Adeniyi Odeleye, this is the perfect book for African parents to teach their children about the impact of corruption. The book aims to encourage a new generation of leaders to change how things are done on the continent.

A Broken Mission
A Broken Mission

Author: John M. O. Igbokwe Msc

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1467070254

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The storming and week-long occupation of the Embassy of Nigeria in the Philippines by students in 1986 had one purpose - to fight apathy and turn the Mission towards its true mandate of serving the interests of Nigeria. Treachery had betrayed this purpose, leaving successive Nigerian envoys ever more deadened to the care of their charges. By the early to late 1990s, four known and two probable Nigerian citizens had been assassinated in cold-blood in various cities across archipelagic Philippines, in circumstances that were questionable and suspect. The Embassy of Nigeria was headed by Charge d'Affaires a. i. Samuel I. Ajewole, a Deeper Life fundamentalist, who had abdicated his responsibilities to a criminally-inclined, skirt-chasing Head of Chancery named Femi Akenson Rotimi. Fear had gripped the Nigerian Community which started to clamor for official show of concern and interest by the Mission in these wanton violations of human rights. The embassy, hiding behind indefensible diplomatic clichés sat on its hands and did nothing. As the agitation for action mounted, the Mission resorted to intimidation and death threats against one of its citizens leading to unprecedented polarization in the small Nigerian Community. A Broken Mission is the story of Nigeria's failed diplomacy in the Philippines, based on the two-year crusade to reform the Embassy of Nigeria, Manila, following official indifference to these murders. The book chronicles the implacable advocacy for justice and clean embassy government that sought to force an inept, abusive and corrupt diplomatic Mission headed by a rogue, scandalous diplomat to reform and serve its community with respect and sensitivity.

Mr. and Mrs. Doctor
Mr. and Mrs. Doctor

Author: Julie Iromuanya

Publisher: Coffee House Press

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1566893984

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Ifi and Job, a Nigerian couple in an arranged marriage, begin their lives together in Nebraska with a single, outrageous lie: that Job is a doctor, not a college dropout. Unwittingly, Ifi becomes his co-conspirator—that is until his first wife, Cheryl, whom he married for a green card years ago, reenters the picture and upsets Job's tenuous balancing act. Julie Iromuanya has short stories and novel excerpts appearing or forthcoming in the Kenyon Review, Passages North, the Cream City Review, and the Tampa Review, among other journals. She is a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Mr. and Mrs. Doctor is her first novel.

Tosin's Story
Tosin's Story

Author: Onyinye Ough

Publisher: Onyinye Ough

Published: 2019-11-03

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1916292704

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Tosin is a young journalist, determined to write about issues that affect the poor. When a nearby building collapses, killing many local residents, Tosin is determined to uncover the truth. Can she expose the corruption and cover-up before more buildings collapse? Written by Onyinye Ough, author of ‘Emeka’s Money’ and ‘Halima’s Vote’, this book is a modern parable about the impact of corruption in journalism. It teaches children aged 9 to 14 how corruption undermines the coverage of important issues. It also shows how investigative journalists with integrity and courage can make a difference. It aims to encourage young people to turn away from a culture of ‘brown envelopes’, and be willing to speak out to make a difference.

The Apprentice Boy Part Ii
The Apprentice Boy Part Ii

Author: Luke Okoli

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-02-06

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1496964527

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This Book, The Apprentice Boy Part II, is the continuation of The Apprentice Boy Part I. You probably have read The Apprentice Boy Part I. The Apprentice Boy is an African story of a Nigerian boy born in a poor family without any future. His father died after he fell from height, and there was no one to pay his schools fees. He loved to go to school, but his mother could not afford to send him to school. Eventually he managed to attain a high level of education through self-effort and hardwork. There were many obstacles on his way as he wrestled with life. The climax of his woes came when he was captured by some barbaric natives who needed human heads for a sacrificial burial for a dead King. While Part I of The apprentice Boy narrated the boys life from age 4 up to age 22, when he was captured by barbaric natives, Part II narrated what happened to the young man in his captivity. The book is rich with Nigerian (African) legend, idioms, and figurative speech. It is excellent for improving the knowledge of English language, especially for English learners. The Book is also excellent for English Literature text book in High Schools and Universities.

The Anger of Unfulfillment
The Anger of Unfulfillment

Author: Jekwu Ozoemene

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-01-07

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1450274900

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The Anger of Unfulfillment: Three Plays Out of Nigeria presents a collection of three plays intended to capture a great deal of what Nigeria has come to represent today. Each play in this compilation has its own distinctive flavour, seasoned by the circumstantial socio-political variables holding sway in the country at the time it was written. The Anger of Unfulfillment examines the complex and multi-faceted phenomenon of human trafficking, especially in women and girls. The plays principal characters take us through a serious but often irreverent roller-coaster discourse on the Nigerian state. The thematic preoccupation of Hells Invitation is the social death in Nigeria that is associated with HIV. This stigma, driven by ignorance, scares Nigerians away from learning their HIV status and consequently strips them of the opportunity to seek early treatment. Through the musings and antics of characters such as Aliyu, Emeka, Stella, and Bimbo, you can experience the social stigma through the eyes and souls of the average Nigerian. This Time Tomorrow presents a comic portrait of Nigerians and their approach to politics and nation-building. Through the voices of the principal characters, it serves as a call to the Nigerian people to take control of their destiny through active engagement and participation.

Nothing Now Remains
Nothing Now Remains

Author: Ernest O. Izedonmwen

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2022-07-20

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1669835073

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Osaru returns to Nigeria after a near disastrous sojourn to America, determined to salvage some damaged relationships and a clean break from others. He soon discovers that his past is steadfastly interwoven with his present and future. “Nothing Now Remains” is a compelling narrative of how Osaru reconciles and finds his place within a complex family life and the evolving social, economic, and political reality he inhabits as a returnee.

Unwanted
Unwanted

Author: Henry Mazi-Njoku

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2014-02-11

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1491889578

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UNWANTED is a story that brings to the fore discrimination and stigmatization towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Set in the bustling city of Port Harcourt, it narrates the story of three youthful girls and a young man whose paths are more intertwined than they can imaginemade stronger and weaker by their experiences of stigmatization. It is a tale of struggles, successes and human frailties.

Denge
Denge

Author: Rotimi Ogunjobi

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1326108379

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A thought-provoking farce. He was just another unemployed youth, fed up with his failures and even contemplating suicide. But Denrele Gabriel miraculously wins the grand lottery prize and things begin to look a lot better for him. He also discovers that he has an amazing gift for winning in the lotteries, and this makes him very wealthy. The entire world, astounded by his uncanny luck, finally stands for Denrele Gabriel. But the lottery cabal are not amused, as several of them have gone broke and closed down because of the extraordinary luck of the man now popularly known as Denge. To their further frustration, their several attempts to assassinate Denrele fail. After Denrele breaks a peace agreement with them never to play the lotteries anymore, the cabal unleashes on him all the machines of war that they could find. But Denrele is once again saved by the hands of an unexpected angel of providence - a once jilted lover. However, he discovers, to his sorrow, that things are never as you dream they are.