Churchill Okonkwo
Churchill Okonkwo holds a degree in Geology/Physics (combined honors) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He has worked as a Graduate Assistant at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka for two years.
A poet, he has two unpublished manuscripts ("Tunnel of Confusion" and " Beautiful Nonsense"). He is currently working on a third, "Voices from the Spirit World". He also writes short stories. His works include: The Erosion Menace in Anambra Basin South-eastern Nigeria: causes impact and solution.
Churchill Okonkwo lives in Onitsha, Nigeria and is currently completing his Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State.
Articles by this Author
Obama’s Success in the US and Lessons for Ndigbo in Nigeria
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 04/12/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
When we see an old woman stop her dance to point again and again in the same direction, we can be sure that somewhere there something happened long ago which touched the roots of her life. Something is happening in America that should touch the roots of Ndigbo in Nigeria...
Is This The Final Blow For Andy Ubah As Soludo “Enters” The Race?
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 02/2/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
I believe many keen observers of event in my beloved Anambra state will be wondering what next for Andy Ubah after the Supreme Court Ruling that struck out his case...
Are we Dangerously Intelligent? II: Umar Yar’Adua, The Unwilling President
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 01/20/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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I think the biggest question to all Nigerians at this critical stage in nation building should be “Is being indifferent part of being dangerously intelligent that we take the easiest way out...?"
Are We Dangerously Intelligent?
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 01/9/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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Are we so dangerously intelligent that we always manipulate the system in our favour to the detriment of the good, larger community and the rule of law?
Insanity 2007
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 12/22/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
In the following lines are stories of spectacular successes and spectacular failures and flops of 2007...
“You Are All Impotent”
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 12/9/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Last night we had a meeting on the state of affairs in motherland and I have been mandated to communicate our dismay to you all...
Get Involved And Get Talking This World AIDS Day!
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 11/30/2007
- Health
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World AIDS Day is a unique opportunity each year for us to reflect on the way that HIV and AIDS affect us personally, our local communities and how we can respond to the global pandemic...
The Significance Of All Saints Igbo Language Anglican Church In DC
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 11/10/2007
- Life Abroad
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It was a very important day in the history of Ndigbo in DC area with the formal inauguration of All Igbo Anglican Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington on Sunday September 16th, 2007...
Simple Pleasures In The Midst Of Frustrations: Lessons From An Unemployed Nigerian Graduate
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 11/4/2007
- Miscellaneous
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Unemployed Nigerian graduates should never give up but should rather, discover themselves in the process of roaming the streets searching for a job.They should find something they believe in...
Chained
- By Churchill Okonkwo
- Published 10/29/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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A grasshopper that is roasting over fire and claiming to be emitting fat will soon realize that a snail that swallows another will have two legs...
