During the first phase of the original colonial system the African continent was partitioned into more than 50 countries. This creation of nation states had very important long term consequences. The process of carving up the continents and creating nation states determined for example which entirely unrelated societies would from then on live together and share a nationality.
The Niger benue confluence area encompasses the region around the meeting point of River Niger and River Benue. Within this region some important states flourished before the colonial period. This include Nupe to the extreme North, Panda to the North east on the Benue and Igala kingdom to the East. Lokoja settlement developed on the merging points of the two rivers.
Prof MO et al defined foreign policy as the sum total of those principles that determines a states interaction in the international system bearing in mind the nations goals and means of achieving the goals.
There has not been any universally accepted definition of diplomacy. This is because of the nature of the sciences in which their subject matter is not self-defining in a way that is often the case of the natural sciences.
After the war there were between three to four million freemen mostly ex slaves of southern states origin who have won emancipation from their former owners. Their future and mode of reintegration into the white dominated the southern society became a major problem to the victories federal government.
As early as 2500 BC people lived in the past of the middle east. The middle east became the first place in the world to practice agriculture. Prior to this period all the worlds people gathered wild fruits. The domestication of plants and animals that sets humans on its path of increasing complexity originated in the middle east.
The Federation of Nigeria is it is known today, has never really been a homogenous country for its widely differing people and tribes. This obvious fact notwithstanding the former colonial masters decide to keep the country as one in order to effectively control the resources for their economic interests.
Today the UN classifies 73% of West African states as least developed countries. ECOWAS accounts for 35% for the African LCDS making West Africa the foremost LCD region in Africa, and indeed the world as a whole.
The Historians’ goal is not to collect the facts about the past but rather to acquire insights into the ideas and realities that shaped the past lives of men and women of earlier societies. Some of the decisions and institutions may seem alien to us, others may seem all too familiar to us. But in other case when we study the people of the past what we are really learning about is the rich diversity of human culture.
Nigeria with over 300 ethnic groups, over 1000 dialects who practised several religions with different cultures and histories came under the British imperialist in the 19th century. With the 1st January amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorate the foundation of a nation now called Nigeria was laid. Nigeria is now populated with over 160 million people, adopted federal systems of government with 36 states and a federal capital territory.
The issue of inter relation groups in nation building is not new as it has attracted scholarly attention for some decades now. As reoccurring as this subject may have been to analyst of inter- group relations in Nigeria, it can not be abandoned because of the direction it has taken threatens the existence of the country.
This paper seeks to Examine the reason behind the creation of the League of Nations, reasons of it collapsed and to also discussed on why the United States is being skeptical in resolving the ongoing crisis between the Arab and the Israelis in the middle East.