Life Abroad

For years I prayed that the day would come when I would be considered successful. I envied the rich and famous and viewed them as successful. I held steady to …

No responsible person or government would encourage her people to go out if the schools in the country are in good shape. You don’t have Americans, the British, the Canadians and …

You might have heard that you live in a nation of laws; America is supposedly a nation of the rule of law. Unfortunately this is not entirely true. In this nation …

Soon, it might become a requirement for visitors to the United Kingdom to have evidence of health care insurance before getting a visa…

We meet to talk about things, we talk about the kind of things friends and lovers talk about: life and ideas and aspirations and fears and the light in our …

“I sometimes wonder whether those of us who are in the academic world are not wasting our time doing what we do best. We toil and toil and toil all …

I am thinking that when the soldiers come back to loot, er, rule, we now have something to keep them in line. If they start misbehaving and stealing, we will …

I have on occasions witnessed people sob, or become misty-eyed, when they speak of how much they miss friends and family and the community grew up in. They may grumble …

You are broke, and all you need is a helping hand but there is none. Blessed Jesus! It is in times like this when “America will show you her true …

There used to be a saying that a fool at forty is a fool forever. In our situation, this may not be the case because of the peculiar nature of our social, economic …

After three years of romantic wilderness, of friends-with-benefits and of touch-and-go…This could lead somewhere…it could, if…Sadly, there is a snag…

Calling the wrong number can be amusing or embarrassing. It can also lead to pleasant encounters or unexpected friendship. In this instance, the encounter turned out to be pleasant and fruitful …

Today, a sizeable number of Nigerians who return home for a spouse do so at their own peril. Danger and deceit abound as marriages have become business ventures…

There have been unpleasant stories from some African students studying in the UK, many of whom were conned by flashy websites only to be shocked and disappointed on arrival, by the fact that …

There have been unpleasant stories from some African students studying in the UK, many of whom were conned by flashy websites only to be shocked and disappointed on arrival, by the fact that …

There have been unpleasant stories from some African students studying in the UK, many of whom were conned by flashy websites only to be shocked and disappointed on arrival, by the fact that …