Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba

Dr Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
(SENIOR LECTURER)
Department of History, Strategic and International Studies

I am a Nigerian historian. A prolific writer and author of books. I am keen to develop new research skills and projects that address issues in a transnational context. I have a zeal for teamwork and am ever ready to learn. I have a profile of collaborations with global scholars in my areas of specialization. Reading and research are my cornerstones.

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Publications

Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2022
COVID-19 Pandemic and Air Transport Business in Nigeria: An Analysis
Published by IGI Global https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/covid-19-pandemic-and-air-transport-business-in-nigeria/306511
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2022
The International Media and Counterterrorism Operations in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges
Published by IGI Global https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-international-media-and-counterterrorism-operations-in-nigeria/301086
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2023
The Nigerian Navy and Corporate Social Responsibilities in Contemporary Nigeria
Published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783748935247/seapower-by-other-means
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2023
Africa and Council of Europe Strategic Partnership on Cybersecurity
Published by IGI Global https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/africa-and-council-of-europe-strategic-partnership-on-cybersecurity/313868
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2021
Human rights NGOs in Western Europe and the intervention of the Council of Europe in the Nigerian Civil War
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=622879692963620844&hl=en&oi=scholarr
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2021
Biafra’s Captives: The “Oilmen Incident” and International Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Cham https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-65095-7_8
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2021
Western European Diplomacy: the Council of Europe and Humanitarian Aid in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970
Published by Anuarul Institutului de Cercetari Socio-Umane Sibiu https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1008253
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2020
The Western European Union and European Politics in the Nigerian Civil War: The Italian Experience 1967-1970
Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers https://books.google.com.ng/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Ub8XEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA99&dq=info:93tI6OLqM7IJ:scholar.google.com&ots=tdWv8I2iU0&sig=6F0LAhpSBU6jVEgzqq08LCXOuOA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2020
In Defense of Vital Interests: United Nations and Anglo-American Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
Published by Global Politics Review https://www.globalpoliticsreview.com/publications/2464-9929_v06_i1-2.pdf#page=77
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2021
In Between the Cold War Politics: The OAU Consultative Committee and Anglo-American Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970
Published by Springer International Publishing https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-52911-6_9
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2019
BRITAIN AND BIAFRA’S PROPAGANDA DURING THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970
Published by University of Ibadan Postgraduate College http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1695
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2022
Israeli-Nigeria Bilateral Relations in a Changing World, 1999-2018
Published by Thesis https://hrcak.srce.hr/296025
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2024
Forests: The Environmental Theatre for Internal Security Operations in Nigeria
Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666936353/Environmental-Security-in-Africa-Conflicts-Politics-and-Development
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2024
The Civil War and British Assessment of Nigeria’s Post-War Economic Prospects, 1968-1969
Published by Eliva Press https://www.elivapress.com/en/book/book-4794938956/
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2024
Mediation of Artificial Intelligence in Digitizing Bibliographies of Secondary Sources in Historical Research
Published by SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4908230
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2023
Insecurity, Food Production and Agricultural Livelihood in Nigeria
Published by Reamsworth Publishing Limited, Ibadan, Nigeria https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4893507
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2023
Drug, Organized Crime and Violent Extremism
Published by Nigerian Defense Academy Press https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4887906
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2023
The Roles of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime
Published by Nigerian Defense Academy Press https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4887904
Oluchukwu Onianwa and Uwomano Benjamin Okpevra
Year of Publication 2024
A Review of British Policy and influence on the External Meddling in the Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution of the Nigerian-Biafra War, 1967–1970
Published by St. Petersburg Historical Journal https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386045327_A_Review_of_British_Policy_and_influence_on_the_External_Meddling_in_the_Peacemaking_and_Conflict_Resolution_of_the_Nigerian-Biafra_War_1967-1970
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2025
CIA’s Intelligence Assessment of Post-Civil War Leadership and Development in Nigeria, 1970-1980: A Historical Analysis
Published by Journal of Modern History https://www.modernhistoryinstitute.org/_files/ugd/70dc45_4284823220e34d97a1579e95ea7d31ad.pdf
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2025
The Niamey Experience: OAU Peace Mediation and Anglo-American Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War
Published by Eastern Kentucky University United States of America https://manifold.open.umn.edu/read/chapter-1/section/8e959da1-d171-4db8-9a93-3adf79734982
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2025
Wartime Anglo-Nigerian Relations: A Historical Analysis of Yakubu Gowon and Harold Wilson Diplomatic Correspondence during the Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970.
Published by Journal of History and Military Studies (JHMS), Department of History and War Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, Nigeria https://www.jhms-nda.com/
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd and Ikaonaworio Eferebo Phd
Year of Publication 2025
Reforms as the Pathway to Integration and Development in Africa
Published by Helsinki Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (HJSSH) https://iigdpublishers.com/storage/elJB0Zi4Ztg1a9O9k743TmsQ7YDt5X-metaUkVGT1JNUyBBUyBUSEUgUEFUSFdBWSA3MS04Ny5wZGY=-.pdf
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Year of Publication 2025
Leadership in Institution of Higher Learning and Host Community: A Qualitative Analysis of Dennis Osadebay University and Ben Oghojafor-Asaba Relations
Published by Cactus A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi Chapter, Nigeria https://plapoly. edu.ng/2021/05/24/cactus-a-multidisciplinary-online-journal/
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2025
THE UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER TEAM AND PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970
Published by Historical Yearbook https://historicalyearbook.ro/wp-content/volumes/2025/07.pdf
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2025
1968 French Declaration on Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War: A Historical Analysis
Published by Turkish Journal of African Studies https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/5104441
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2025
THE 1967 ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY KINSHASA PEACE RESOLUTION ON THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR AND BRITISH REACTION
Published by Asaba Journal of History and International Studies: Department of History, Strategic And International Studies, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria file:///C:/Users/pc/Downloads/2+oluchukwu%20(1).pdf
Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
Year of Publication 2025
Elections, Insecurity and Secessionist Agitations in South-Eastern Nigeria
Published by Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences https://www.wahacademia.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/286/222 & DOI: https://doi.org/10.63954/WAJSS.4.2.13.2025
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2025
Britain and Airpower Assistance to the Nigerian Air Force during the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
Published by Journal of Korean Military History published by Modern History Institute Seoul South Korea file:///C:/Users/pc/Downloads/Oluchukwu%20Ignatus%20Onianwa-%20Korean%20Military%20History%202025,.pdf
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2026
The EndSARS Movement: Human Rights and Social Problems in Nigeria
Published by Springer Nature The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_213-1
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2026
Artificial Intelligence and the Digitization of Archival Sources for Historical Research
Published by Istanbul University Press https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/book/digital-humanities-theories-practices-and-methodologies/chapter/artificial-intelligence-and-the-digitization-of-archival-sources-for-historical-research
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2026
Insecurity A Social Problem in the Nigerian State
Published by Springer Nature The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_214-1
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2026
Human rights and the United Nations in the geopolitics of the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970).
Published by Global Geopolitics https://doi.org/10.64901/29778271.2026.015
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2026
Biafra and Multitude of Secessionist Movements in Nigeria
Published by Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences https://wahacademia.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/426
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Phd
Year of Publication 2025
Elections, Insecurity and Secessionist Agitations in South-Eastern Nigeria
Published by Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences https://wahacademia.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/286

Courses Taught

B-HIS116 Introduction to Strategic Studies
B-HIS211 Nigerian History 1900 – 1960
B-HIS213 Diplomatic Practice and Theory
B-HIS225 North Africa: The Maghreb in the 19th and 20th Centuries
B-HIS312 Strategic Theory
DOU-HIS112 History of Asaba Since 1800 to 1970
DOU-HIS121 History of West-Niger Igbo People
DOU-HIS222 Introduction to Strategic Studies
DOU-HIS324 Military History of Nigeria
HIS312 History Research Methods, Script Writing and Digital History Workshop (Entrepreneurship Specific Course)
HIS413 Diplomatic and Consular Law
HIS424 Advance Bargaining and Conflict Resolution

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Dr Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
(SENIOR LECTURER)
Department of History, Strategic and International Studies