Paul Oshagwu Opone

Biographic Data

ID4051895
NAMEPaul Oshagwu Opone
GIVEN NAMESPaul Oshagwu
FAMILY NAMEOpone
SIGNATUREOPONE P O
AFFILIATIONSDelta State University
ORCID0000-0003-3740-1476
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The decline of Aboh’s economic influence in the Western Niger Delta of Nigeria in the era of legitimate commerce, 1830–1960

    Paul Oshagwu Opone, Moses Oromena UzegheARTICLEAfrican Identities2025References: 7

    This is a study of the decline of Aboh’s economic influence in the Western Niger Delta owing to Europe’s increasing influence in the internal affairs of the Niger Delta in the era of legitimate trade. It evaluates the extent to which European commercial activities influenced Aboh’s trade with other groups of the Western Niger Delta and how they reacted to the European commercial penetration of the Niger Delta interior. The paper depended on prima…

  • Interrogating the origin and identity of the Anioma of the Western Niger Delta of Nigeria

    Paul Oshagwu OponeARTICLEAfrican Identities2024Cited by: 1References: 9

    This paper is a historical and ethnological review about the Anioma people of Nigeria. The popular narrative regards the Anioma land as Benin kingdom territory, and generally describes the people as Benin immigrants or refugees in their present locale. This brand of thought has been amplified to the extent that their past is distorted, and they are now experiencing crisis of identity and with time, they will be as little informed about their past…

  • Ethno-religious factors in Buhari’s administration: A Historical Appraisal and Suggestions for National Integration

    Paul Oshagwu Opone, Festus Osom OmosorARTICLEAfrican Identities2024References: 4

    This study examines Nigeria’s situation under President Buhari’s administration from 2015 to 2023. During this period, Nigeria was convulsed by numerous socio-economic, political, and religious problems, leaving it in multidimensional severe crises threatening its corporate existence. Moreover, the chances of recovery by the conclusion of the tenure were drastically dimmed, severely affecting the nation’s socio-economic and political stability. T…

  • Iran and the West: A Discourse on Sanction Pressure Over Nuclear Programme

    Open AccessPaul Oshagwu Opone, Kelvin Obi KelikwumaARTICLEInternational Review of…2022

    Iran relations with the west over a decade have been characterized by multiple sanctions over its nuclear program. This study focuses on the sanctions imposed on Iran to compel the state to discontinue with suspected weaponisation of its nuclear program. It interrogated some of the available literature on the subject and the historical method of analysis was deployed. The paper argues that although the current sanctions pressure have negatively i…

  • A Discourse on the Origin and Migration of the Aboh of the Lower Niger of Nigeria

    Open AccessPaul Oshagwu OponeARTICLEInternational Review of…2021

    This study focuses on the origin and migration of the Aboh of the lower Niger. This is an area of African scholarship that has generated much controversy because it greatly determines group identities in their present locations. This is even more so with the Aboh whose history is characterized by multiple claims of origins which have so far denied them a pan identity. The aim of this study is, therefore, to address the contentious issues in their…

  • Are the Ukwuanis Benin or Igbo? a study of origin and migration

    Open AccessPaul Oshagwu OponeARTICLEUJAH Unizik Journal of Arts and…2018Cited by: 1

    The identity of Ukwuani people has for some time now generated debate among their leaders, ethnic historians, and other scholars of Ukwuani extraction. Such debates have produced a dominant perspective that the Ukwuanis are Benin people in diaspora without going to the field to confirm such a claim. This paper, therefore, participated in the on-going debate. The historical method of descriptive analysis was deployed. This method is most appropria…

  • Traditional Socio-political Organization of the Enuani Igbo of South Central Nigeria

    Open AccessPaul Oshagwu OponeARTICLEStudies of Tribes and Tribals2012

    This paper examines the indigenous socio-political system of the Enuani, an Igbo sub-culture group. It begins by interacting with some of the primary and secondary sources on the Igbo political system. The paper will prove that the sociopolitical organization of the Enuani Igbo is primordial and free from external imposition. In the analysis that follows, the paper sees Enuani Igbo socio-political organization as a blend of monarchy, aristocracy,…

  • Origins and Migrations of the Enuani People of South Central Nigeria Reconsidered

    Open AccessEmmanuel Nwafor Mordi, Paul Oshagwu OponeARTICLEStudies of Tribes and Tribals2009

    This paper is a micro study of the Enuani, a west Niger Igbo subgroup in South Central Nigeria. The study is based on oral traditions collected and documented from the area over time, supplemented with archival sources and local histories written by the people of the area. It identifies the people and area in question and examines the genesis and dynamics of conflicting claims about their origins as well as the forces that sustain them. In doing …