COLUMNIST: JOHN EGBEAZIEN OSHODI

The Indistinguishable Irony: When Social Media Mistakes a Speech Stumble for a Measure of Intelligence

Jun 19, 2026 | Feature Article

Recently, a video clip of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma spread rapidly across social media platforms in Nigeria. Duri ...

Lessons From Recent Efcc Investigations: Understanding Modern Economic Crime Inv...

Jun 12, 2026 | Feature Article

Commending the Leadership and Investigators of the EFCC The recent actions of the Economic and Financial Crime ...

Why Nigerian Universities Need EFCC Units on Campuses and Preventive Counseling ...

May 18, 2026 | Feature Article

Nigeria rsquo;s universities were once regarded as sacred grounds of intellectual growth, moral discipline, social refin ...

Medical Bail or Medical Escape? How High Profile Nigerian Suspects Use Overseas ...

May 17, 2026 | Feature Article

For more than two decades, Nigeria has witnessed a disturbing pattern that weakens public trust in the criminal just ...

Let Our Mothers Stand Tall: A Mothers Day Reflection on Culture, Respect, and Wo...

May 11, 2026 | Feature Article

Today is Mothers Day across many parts of the world, though in some African nations the day has already passed into Mond ...

Ola Olukoyede (Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

EFCC, Nigerian Students, Cybercrime, And The Need For Careful Truth: Beyond Head...

May 5, 2026 | Feature Article

Opening Position: Rejecting Labels Without Ignoring Reality Let me begin with clarity and responsibility: I do ...

EFCC, Nigerian Students, Cybercrime, And The Need For Careful Truth: Beyond Head...

May 3, 2026 | Feature Article

Opening Position: Rejecting Labels Without Ignoring Reality Let me begin with clarity and responsibility: I do ...

L-R:Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Kabir Akanbi, Chief Registrar

Nigerian Supreme Court On The ADC Case: Will This Judgment Be The Spark Of Anarc...

Apr 17, 2026 | Feature Article

A Crisis of Confidence Begins with Perception The controversy surrounding the Independent National Electo ...

Ojoro Psychology: The Unwritten System That Slowly Teaches a Nation How to Betra...

Apr 10, 2026 | Feature Article

The word Ojoro did not come from textbooks or policy debates. It emerged from lived reality, from repeated encounters wh ...

DSS Must Affirm Its Duty Against Violent Rhetoric, Regardless Of Apparent Politi...

Apr 9, 2026 | Feature Article

What began as a statement has now become a signal mdash;one that has traveled beyond a studio, beyond a single exchange, ...

DSS Must Affirm Its Duty Against Violent Rhetoric, Regardless of Apparent Politi...

Apr 6, 2026 | Feature Article

What began as a statement has now become a signal mdash;one that has traveled beyond a studio, beyond a single exchange, ...

A Line The System Can No Longer Cross: Ola Olukoyede And The End Of Delay, Influ...

Apr 1, 2026 | Feature Article

Ola Olukoyede, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, represents a turning point in Nigeria rsquo ...

The Psychopathology of the Gavel: Justice Mohammed Umar, President Tinubu, the S...

Mar 20, 2026 | Feature Article

How It All Began: When Power Learned to Bend the Human Body Before Nigeria existed as a nation, befo ...

Where is God and Where is the President?

Mar 16, 2026 | Feature Article

Luxury Judicial Quarters, Forgotten Communities, and the Painful Question Nigerians Are Asking About Justice, Leaders ...

Head to Head: Why President Tinubu Must Face Mehdi Hasan in the Global Village S...

Mar 10, 2026 | Feature Article

When Nigeria rsquo;s Political Memory Entered the Global Arena There are moments in the life of a na ...

Head To Head: Why President Tinubu Must Face Mehdi Hasan In The Global Village S...

Mar 9, 2026 | Feature Article

When Nigeria rsquo;s Political Memory Entered the Global Arena There are moments in the life of a nation ...

After London: The Night Tinubu And Bwala Must Face The Mirror In Aso Rock

Mar 9, 2026 | Feature Article

The global Village Square was recently set on fire during Al Jazeera rsquo;s Head to Head in London. What began as a ...

John Egbeazien Oshodi

Prof. John Egbeazien Oshodi is an American psychologist, an expert in policing and corrections, and an educator with expertise in forensic, legal, clinical, and cross-cultural psychology, including public ethical policy.. More A native of Uromi, Edo State, Nigeria, and son of a 37-year veteran of the Nigeria Police Force, he has long worked at the intersection of psychology, justice, and governance. In 2011, he helped introduce advanced forensic psychology to Nigeria through the National Universities Commission and Nasarawa State University, where he served as Associate Professor of Psychology.

He teaches in the Doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology at Nova Southeastern University; the Doctorate Clinical Psychology, BS Psychology, and BS Tempo Criminal Justice programs at Walden University; and lectures virtually in Management and Leadership Studies at Weldios University and ISCOM University. He is also the President and Chief Psychologist at the Oshodi Foundation, Center for Psychological and Forensic Services, United States.

Prof. Oshodi is a Black Republican in the United States but belongs to no political party in Nigeria—his work is guided solely by justice, good governance, democracy, and Africa’s development. He is the founder of Psychoafricalysis (Psychoafricalytic Psychology), a culturally grounded framework that integrates African sociocultural realities, historical awareness, and future-oriented identity. He has authored more than 500 articles, multiple books, and numerous peer-reviewed works on Africentric psychology, higher education reform, forensic and correctional psychology, African democracy, and decolonized models of clinical and community engagement.