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Under Article 39 of the Charter, the Council determines the existence of any "threat to the peace."

In legal and diplomatic terms, the groups involved in a conflict or dispute are referred to as the parties.

A "settlement" is the formal term for the resolution or ending of a dispute or conflict.

When diplomacy fails, the UN can impose economic or diplomatic sanctions to enforce its decisions without using military force.

The "United Nations Security Council" (UNSC) is the official and proper name of this specific UN organ.

The standard phrase used in the UN Charter is "the maintenance of international peace and security."

"Peace and security" is the fixed legal phrase for the Council's mandate.

In this context, "members" refers to the individual seats/countries. "Members" (plural) is grammatically correct following the number fifteen.

In international bodies, member states exercise their power by casting a vote on resolutions.

This can be found on page 5 of the novel. The principal, Mr. Bepo Adewale, was weeping uncontrollably during the morning assembly. While several staff members, including the Vice Principal, gathered around to find out what was wrong, he continued to sob freely and could not utter a word. Mrs. Titi (Nurse Titi) offered the handkerchief to him because he was a "weeper" in that moment of distress, and along with other staff, she began helping him back to his office as they were unable to get him to stop crying or explain his plight.

In the novel, this concept is illustrated through Mr. Bepo’s experience while trying to renew his international passport: The term refers to excessive bureaucracy or adherence to official rules and formalities that prevent or delay action. Bepo faced numerous hurdles, including tales of new rules, hassles for applicants, and the non-availability of booklets. Although the government claimed the process could be done online without bribes, Bepo found that the online system was deliberately slow or erratic to frustrate applicants. Because of these excessive formalities, Bepo felt forced to use an "agent" to bypass the crowd and expedite the capturing process. This whole ordeal can be found in chapter 10 of the novel.

Bepo told students jovially that he was created to be a principal. He believed that because of his six-footer height and prominent eyeballs, no act of cheating could go uncaught. He would declare, "If you beat my height, you can't beat my eyes," whenever he was supervising an exam. This can be found on page 19 of the novel.

Sola explained to Bepo that they lived in Manchester because they could not afford the high rents in London.She mentioned that travel by rail from Manchester to London was about 30 minutes. This can be found on page 16 of the novel

This was said to Bepo by a passport officer in Ibadan after he paid an extra amount to expedite his passport renewal. The officer confirmed that the extra payment allowed Bepo to bypass the large crowd following the "normal channel." This can be found on page 52 of the novel.

This statement was made by the director of Beesway Group of School, Mr. Egi Meko, to Bepo. Meko accused Bepo of plotting to destroy the school by discussing a grammatical error in the school's name with a parent during a PTA meeting. This can be found on page 35 of the novel.