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...

An Open Letter to Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group

Dear Sir Branson, if the world has any desire to survive the turbulent times, people like you should be studied as part of academic curriculum in schools and universities...

Nigerians: A People and Their Migration Pattern

Every now and then, I come across Nigerians who were men and women of substance and great intellect when Nigeria was a hopeful land. These Nigerians reminiscence about a country, a culture and a political space that once was...

Africans in the Diaspora: Tears and Cheers!

According to a World Bank report $3.3 billion was remitted home last year by Nigerians in the Diaspora who topped the list. Some 400 billion Naira approximately wired home is indeed a great feat and it goes to show how Nigerians take home seriously...

Moving To Nigeria: What To Know And Do!

Returning to settle in Nigeria is a brave decision. Once it has been made, there are a few things to put in place to make your homecoming experience a successful one...

My Bottled Water Smells Like Rotten Egg And Luciano Is Tripping!

Guys, I recently met someone oh! And no he isn’t Nigerian and I am not saying were he is from, and I will probably switch to Pidgin English in a few seconds, because I don’t think I want him stumbling on this article...

Pounded Yam In Vienna

I descended on the meal as though i had never ever eaten pounded yam before. I pounded the yam in my mouth with the ease of one who had been starved for weeks. Suddenly i was unable to follow or lead any coherent conversation, my concentration and attention were focused on the collapsing structure of the mountainous pounded yam in front of me...

I Don’t Expect You To Understand My Pain! I Don’t Really Care If You Don’t

I have said hello to someone today, and had to say goodbye the next day. It’s always the same painful feeling as I see their bodies in huge coffins buried in the dirt. They tell me strangers took them away, and these strangers have names...

Culture Shock In Germany

Living outside one’s country certainly comes with its pains of personal struggles and ups and downs. It can alter one’s lifestyle in so many ways...

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On that Police Decentralization Plan

Recently, then Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, announced that steps...

Why Gov. T.A. Orji Is After Critics

The question among many Abia people is whether Governor T.A. Orji has built a new capital city in the state, except Umuahia...

When the Devil is not to Blame!

Before we go any further let me state that...

Obama Publicly Shames and Ridicules Us; We Are Nonetheless Overjoyed?

50% of the sports men and women in America are African Americans, but, surprisingly, only 2% of all coaches and managers are African Americans! Why is that Mr. President? It is because, in America, racism often tells you who you are and where you should be!

The Rule of Law & Due Process As Sword & Shield?

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria's Weapon of Mass Destruction against corruption, has just won a major victory in his anti corruption crusade.... He has just secured the impeachment of Mr. Joshua Chibi Dariye, the now erstwhile governor of our beloved Plateau State of Nigeria...

Femi Fani-Kayode is a Bigoted, Anti-Igbo Tribalist

Femi Fani-Kayode, the 53-year-old son of “Fani-Power,” continues in the mischievous tradition of his father: throwing dangerous missiles at the innocent. He recently wrote an incendiary article entitled: “The Bitter Truth About the Igbo,” in which he maligned the Igbos and virtually told them to get out of Lagos and leave Lagos for the Yorubas...

Economic Difficulty: Are Strangers Ruling Us?

Political, ethnic and even religious violence and to a certain extent organized crime, remain the strategic consideration and option for several relevant political gamblers in this country…

The Dishonourable Africans: Conclusion

Our values and beliefs are the invisible psychological softwares that have the capacity to influence the direction and the limit of the intellectual, cultural and social development of a people...

Sharia, Violence And Nigerian Politics

Successive Nigerian governments are becoming weaker. Control of the economy is coming into the hands of transnational businesses. Soon, private groups will assume the legitimacy of the Nigerian state…

Oyebamiji, Adeleke and the ‘Strait of Osun’

By Adeniran Oyewale ​In the rough-and-tumble world of Nigerian politics,...