Mr. Chichebem Solomon Lawrence
Mr. Chichebem Solomon Lawrence is a LECTURER I in HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Staff Profile
I am an economic/building technology/business historian, passionate about research and imparting knowledge to better the lot of humanity
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Address: | History And International Studies, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES |
Social Profiles
Interest Areas
Academic Qualifications
| Degrees / Basic Certificates | |
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| 1 | University of Lagos, Nigeria. (Doctor of Philosophy, August, 2023) November, 2012 to January, 2023 Phd History And Strategic Studies |
| 2 | University Of Lagos, Akoka. (Master Degree, January, 2012) November, 2010 to October, 2011 M.A History And Strategic Studies History And Strategic Studies |
| 3 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University. (Bachelor Degree, June, 2008) August, 2005 to August, 2008 B.A History And International Studies History And International Studies |
| 4 | • Gbagada Senior Grammar School. (SSCE, February, 2004) March, 2002 to February, 2004 SSCE |
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | Lecturer II, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Department Of History And International Studies December, 2020 to Present |
Creative Output
| Journal Articles | |
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| 1 | Obienusi I. Elizabeth and Lawrence C. Solomon. (2026, March), "THE EVOLUTION AND CHALLENGES OF BANKING IN NIGERIA, 1959-1998: A REVIEW OF BANK FAILURES AND LESSONS LEARNED", Nigerian Journals for Art and Humanities, Vol. 6, (Issue 1) |
| 2 | Lawrence C. Solomon, Duru Mmesoma Euginia. (2026, June), "SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF OIL PALM PRODUCTION IN OKWE COMMUNITY OF ONUIMO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IMO STATE, 1996-2024 By", Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies |
| 3 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon. (2025, May), "Politics, Prospects and Problems of Regional Integration in Africa: Case Study of the African Union", Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies, Vol. 4, (Issue 2) |
| 4 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon, Nwachukwu Obiakor. (2025, May), "Labour Groups and Nigeria’s Unity: Case Study of the Public Works Department [PWD] Workers, 1925- 1960", Journal of Fine and Creative Arts, Music and Communication Studies, Vol. 1, (Issue 1) |
| 5 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon and Chukwu James. (2025, May), "History of Violence and Security Dynamics in Nigeria From Precolonial to Post-colonial Eras", Nigerian Journal Of Arts and Humanities, Vol 5, No 2 |
| 6 | Lawrence C. Solomon and Ikenna Odife. (2025, July), "Politics, Prospects and Problems of Regional Integration in Africa: A case study of the African Union", Unknown Journal or Publisher, Vol. 4, (Issue 2), pp 17 |
| 7 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon. (2025, February), "RE-ALIGNING THE DIS-ARTICULATION CLAIM: HOW DIS-ARTICULATED ARE THE COLONIAL AND THE POST-COLONIAL AFRICAN ECONOMIES", Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies |
| 8 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon. (2025, May), "THE PERSISTENCE AND CHALLENGES OFA HYDRO-THERMAL DOMINATED ELECTRICITY GENERATION MIX IN WEST AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF GHANA, 1966-2015", INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN & ASIAN STUDIES (IJAAS), Vol. 11, (Issue 1) |
| 9 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon, CHUKWU C. JAMES. (2025, May), "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TRADE AND COMMERCE IN COLONIAL EAST AND WEST AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF KENYA AND NIGERIA", JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2) |
| 10 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon, Obienusi I. Elizabeth. (2025, May), "DECOLONIZATION OR RECOLONIZATION; A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OFPOST-INDEPENDENCE ECONOMIC POLICIES IN AFRICA", JOURNAL OF LAW, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND GENDER STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 70-84 |
| 11 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2025, May), "The Colonial Economy and Human Resource Accounting in West Africa", Journal of Igbo Language, Literature, Culture and Religious Studies |
| 12 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon, Lawrence Hannah Oluwabamise. (2025, May), "The Public Works Department (PWD) and Public Infrastructure Repairs and Maintenance Operations in Colonial Southeastern Nigeria, 1986-1960", Journal of Arts, Religion, Philosophy and Gender Studies |
| 13 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon, OBIENUSI Ihuoma Elizabeth. (2024, June), "Insecurity and Business in Igboland: A Re-examination of their Interactions,1895-1970", ESTAGA; Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives |
| 14 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon, Nwachukwu J. Obiakor, Stella Chimezie Agbanyim. (2024, March), "The Public Works Department, Infrastructure Development and the Question of Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria, 1931 - 1960", Ohazurume: Unizik Journal of Culture and Civilization,, Vol. 3, (Issue 2) |
| 15 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon, LAWRENCE Hannah Oluwabamise. (2024, May), "THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE POLITICS OF SOURCING AND PROCESSING LOCAL BUILDING MATERIALS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN COLONIAL NIGERIA, 1931- 1960", NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES (NJAH), Vol. 4, (Issue 1) |
| 16 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2024, September), "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMY IN TWO DIFFERENT DECADES: A FOCUS ON THE 1970s AND 1980s", UZU JOURNAL OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (UJHIS), Vol. 9, (Issue 2) |
| 17 | Lawrence C Solomon. (2023, July), "Labour Exploitation in Colonial East and West Africa: A Comparative Study of Uganda and Ghana", Ochendo, Vol. 2, (Issue 1) |
| 18 | Lawrence C Solomon. (2023, July), "The Colonial Public Works Department and the Survival of Economic Storms: Rethinking the Retrenchment Option, 1929-1931", European American Journal |
| 19 | Lawrence C Solomon. (2023, July), "The Merger that Never Worked: Historicizing Electricity Failure in Nigeria, 1972-2013", Awka Journal of History |
| 20 | Mbalisi, Chinedu Nnaemeka, Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2023, December), "THE FEAR OF CLASS SUICIDE: OBSTACLE TO RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA SINCE 1960", KDJAS: Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies, Vol. 2, (Issue 1) |
| 21 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon, Daniel Nzereogu, Tochukwu Asiegbu. (2021, December), "The Journey from Internationalization to Demutualization: Nigeria Stock Exchange and the Acting of a Script, 1985-2021", UZU Journal of History, Vol. 8, (Issue 2) |
| 22 | Nwachukwu J. Obiakor, Chichebem Solomon Lawrence, Daniel Nzereogu. (2021, June), "Igbo Business And Investment Pattern In The Post Nigeria-Biafra War Era: The Nnewi Example, 1967-2017", African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University, Umunya |
| 23 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon, Daniel Nzereogu. (2020, September), "Nigerian Politics And Igbo Business History Since The Civil War: A Case Study Of Nnewi Business Men's Investment Pattern, 1967-2017", Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Vol. 29, pp 121-138 |
| 24 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2020, December), "Union Busting In Colonial Nigeria's Public Works Department: A Study In The Dynamics Of Labour Relations, 1938-1948", Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies |
| 25 | Lawrence Chichebem Solo moon. (2015, November), "Assessing The Cause Of Leadership Failure In Nigeria: An Insight Into Nigeria's Experience", EHIS (Essays in History): Journal of the Stuents' Historical Society of Nigeria, UNILAG Chapter, Vol. 10, pp 61-76 |
| Conference Papers | |
| 1 | Lawrence C. Solomon. (2026, March), "Termotes Vs the PWd: Historic I zing Entomological Challenges to Infrastructure Develoement ini Colonial Nigeria", |
| 2 | Lawrence C. Solomon, Duru M. Euginia. (2026, June), "Traditional Food Governance Practices in Igbolanf: A Study of the Uwu Nkwu", |
| 3 | Lawrence C. Solomon. (2026, February), "AFRICAN HISTORIES AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION: INCREASING AFRICA'S ROLE THROUGH TRADITIONAL IGBO FOOD SYSTEMS OFSTUDIES", |
| 4 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2025, August), "Road and Road-Siting Politics in Colonial Eastern Nigeria, 1900-1941", |
| 5 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon. (2025, June), "OWO DA: AGBEROS, ’AGBERO-ISM’ AND URBAN LAGOS ROAD TRANSPORT BUSINESS SPACE, 1999-2022", |
| 6 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2024, June), "THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (PWD) AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS IN COLONIAL SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA, 1896 -1960", |
| 7 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon and Nwachukwu J. Obiakor. (2024, October), "OFFENDING THE WATER BODIES: FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN PERSPECTIVE, 1969-2022", |
| 8 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon. (2024, October), "Water No Get Enemy? Interrogating Coastal Pollution and Obstructions in Lagos and Rivers States of Nigeria, 1975-2015", |
| 9 | LAWRENCE Chichebem Solomon. (2023, October), "Road Transport Pollution, Air Quality and Control in Lagos; A Study in Environmental Sustainability Management in an African Mega City, 1920-2020", |
| 10 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon. (2021, October), "What of the Arts: A Case for the Revival of Arts in Igbo Building Culture, 1945-1970", , 66th Conference of the Historical Society of Nigeria |
| 11 | Lawrence Chichebem Solomon, Daniel Nzereogu. (2021, September), "Nigerian Politics And Igbo Business History Since The Civil War: A Case Study Of Nnewi Business Men's Investment Pattern, 1967-2017", |
| 12 | Lawrence Chichebem Solo moon. (2016, ), "Problems And Prospects Of Regional Integration In Africa", |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Grants | |
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| 1 | Awardee: "Sponsorship of History Methodology Workshop" (May, 2024 to June, 2024). Completed sponsored grant by Historical Society of Nigeria |
| 2 | Awardee: "Travel grant for SHOT Annual International Conference in Chile" (April, 2024 to July, 2024). Completed sponsored grant by Society for the History of Technology |
| 3 | Awardee: "Conference Sponsorship" (October, 2023 to October, 2023). Completed sponsored grant by ononiba Educational Foundation |
| 4 | Awardee: "Conference Sponsorship" (October, 2022 to October, 2022). Completed sponsored grant by Ononiba Educational Foundation |
| Editorships | |
| 1 | Editor, "Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies" (July, 2025) |
| Reviewerships | |
| 1 | Reviewer, "Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies" (December, 2024) |
| 2 | Reviewer, "Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies" (May, 2024) |
| 3 | Reviewer, "AJOH Journal" (August, 2023) |
| 4 | Reviewer, "Uzu Journal" (September, 2021) |
| Examinerships | |
| 1 | Examiner, "Examining the Intersection of the Catholic Church and the Government in Alleviating Poverty in Igboland" (May, 2023 to December, 2024). Completed Internal-External Exam |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Full Member, "Society for History of Technology" - 7081782 (member since 2024), https://www.historyoftechnology.org/ |
| 2 | Full Member, "Historical Society of Nigeria" (member since 2021), https://www.historicalsocietynigeria.org.ng/ |
| 3 | Graduate Member, "Nigeria Institute of Management" (member since 2009), https://nim.ng/ |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "The Humanities and Global Ecological Distress", (Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria Nsukka), 4th March, 2026 to 6th March, 2026; UNN |
| 2 | "Humanity and the Academia in the 21st Century", (Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University), 19th February, 2026 to 20th February, 2026; Nnamdi Azikiwe University |
| 3 | "Conference on Transportation, Mobility and Sustainable DevelopmentMonility", (Maranatha University, Lagos), 28th August, 2025 to 29th August, 2025; Maranatha University Campus, Lagos |
| 4 | "9th Lagos Studies Association (LSA) Conference", (Lagos Studies Association), 17th June, 2025 to 21st July, 2025; University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos |
| 5 | "“Reparando / Repair in the History of Technology,”", (Society for the History of Technology), 9th July, 2024 to 14th August, 2024; Viña del Mar (Chile |
| 6 | "History and the Nigerian Environment Since the Precolonial Era", (Historical Society of Nigeria), 8th October, 2023 to 11th October, 2023; Eko FM Multipurpose Hall, Agindigbi, Ikeja, Lagos |
| 7 | "Nigeria: Historicizing Our Connections as a Nation Since the Precolonial Period", (Historical Society of Nigeria), 27th October, 2022 to 27th October, 2022; Nigeria Army Resource Centre, Apo, Abuja |
| 8 | "Historicizing Our Connections as a Nation", (Historical Society of Nigeria), 26th October, 2022 to 27th October, 2022; Nigeria Army Resource Centre, Abuja |
| 9 | "Popular Cultures Up to the 21st Century; Local Flavours and Global Dimensions", (Historical Society of Nigeria), 12th October, 2021 to 15th October, 2021; Hotel Sylvia, 66, Ezillo Avenue, Independence Layout, Enugu, Nigeria |
| Workshop | |
| 1 | "3rd History Methodology Workshop", (Historical Society of Nigeria), 1st May, 2024 to 1st June, 2024; Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Apo, Abuja |
| Other Event | |
| 1 | "Land And Development In Lagos", (University of Lagos, Akoka, Department of History and Strategic Studies), 24th October, 2018 to 25th October, 2018; Jelili Omotola Halls A, B,C, University of Lagos, Akoka, |