Life Abroad

Japa Is Not In My Constitution

A lot of wannabes want to flee from Nigeria, but I am very different. The country turns me up and down anyhow such that one...

The Race To Expand Financial Access for Nigerians in Diaspora

In the race to build a secure, efficient and inclusive financial ecosystem for Nigerians globally, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with...

‘Lade Hephzibah Olugbemi Emerges Councilor in West Thamesmead in the UK

A Nigerian woman 'Lade Hephzibah Olugbemi has won the election to become councillor for the West Thamesmead ward in the Royal Greenwich Borough of...

Yinka TNT: A Quintessential Pragmatist And Realist

"When you speak the truth, act reality shows, and with the audacity of reasoning, you do not have to worry about anything within the...

Mafia Propaganda Against Nigerians in Italy

By Osaze Osemwingie Ero I am writing this article as a Nigerian activist. I want the Nigerian Government, Nigerian Citizens and the whole world to know...

Italian Police Arrested my Husband on False Charges too…!

By Joy Amanchukwu I have decided to come out and tell my story too after I read the story of my ‘sister’, Mrs Wendy Igwema,...

How Italian Police arrested my husband on false charges

By Wendy Igwema It all happened one morning, 4am to be precise, on the 28th of October 2020. We were just waking up from sleep...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Vintage Woman For the WTO

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has compelling experience and outstanding credentials to be the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. She will also be the first woman...

Give Mike Pence Credit for “One Thing” after a Chaotic Regime!

"Give Mike Pence credit for one thing. That he and Trump's administration failed the country in their response to the coronavirus, but that his...

The Power in Biden’s Sense of Calm and Decency!

Truth is not a burden to fibbers. Fabricators have no respect for the truth. They manufacture lies, and liars thrive in the hypothesis of...

America is back: The World Wants America To Lead Again

It is gratifying to see America back to lead the world again. The last four years have been very chaotic, tumultuous, and disruptive to...

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Who Will I Marry: Environment For A Successful Marriage

This letter is in response to a request by a dear sister who had asked for my counsel in helping her choose whom she'll marry out of two men that had proposed to her...

Disarming Iraq

The U.S. and Britain are responsible for cultivating Saddam Hussein by giving him political, military and financial support in the 1970s and 1980s...

Afghanistan: Obama’s Conundrum?

A simplistic view of America’s global policy is one which is driven primarily by national interest. A far less explored fact, however, is that a preoccupation with war occupies a rather subtle grey zone. Wars, while generally initiated in professed national interest, often get concluded or are directed at the behest of the commander-in-chief’s ego...

Governor Peter Obi and El Rufai: In Defense of Anambra Integrity

Nasir El Rufai, in his most recent article on Peter Obi and Anambra State, did not provide us with credible references or scholarly sources that validate the statistics he utilized. However, it was not difficult to find out his source which is the National Bureau of Statistics...

The State of World Cultures: Reflections on US Presidential Elections 2012

There is something at once banal and irritating in the analysis of the presidential debates in America, where form is rated higher than substance. What have smiles, belligerent mien and fast-talking got to do with reasoned judgments and logical argumentations?

Towards a normal country

In a normal country, anybody making decisions that will affect others will tend to consult them before deciding or at least give them ample notice to adapt after deciding. Nothing will be out of the norm for an efficient administrator...

So, Mr. President Is Corrupt, Too?

Nigeria is not only the biggest democracy on the continent but also the greatest accommodator of the freedom of speech. Many of us did not realize this...

The Black Consciousness Movement in South African Literature

Perhaps the antecedents of any serious modern black South African literary production could be located in the fifties when political repression was at its most physically visible...

Of New York City and Ibadan City: Unusual Parallels and other matters (2)

Some other famous schools in Ibadan include Saint Anne's...

Trump tariffs and the irony of governance

Basically, Trump tariffs and 'Liberation Day' declaration have again...