Life Abroad

Peter Obi, The Nigerian Diaspora, And Propaganda

At the risk of sounding pessimistic, one could argue profoundly that Nigeria’s contemporary political atmosphere carries a systemic, tragic potential. This vulnerability is directly...

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...

Plight Of Foreign Attorneys In America (2)

What is the essence of licensing Foreign Attorneys only to turn around and deny them the opportunity of proving their worth? It is a shame to have a law license and end up being a security officer or a Certified Nursing Assistant...

American Diary: My Meeting With President Umaru Musa Yar’adua

Ikhide, this is important, please act like a big man when you meet the President, behave yourself, don’t say stupid things like “Why are you sitting on a stolen mandate, Mr. President?” you know how you get when your tongue escapes your mouth!

Very Scary State Of Affairs

Duane you have to stop this. I am not your girlfriend, I can't go out with you, and I am not even sure we are friends...

White Out

When you live among people that have not had a lot of exposure to black people, you start to notice things you normally would not notice in a bigger city.  The most evident is that now I know for sure that although not all white people are racist, about 70% of them are prejudiced...

Is Black Really Beautiful?

Nigeria and Africa in all their poverty are really just a heartbeat away from the ancestral and cultural poverty that Black America suffers.  Are we allowing our Black youths to be groomed to believe that “black is not beautiful?” 

An Inventory Nine Years in the Making

On my first day back home in Nigeria, I kept my emotions in check as I hugged my father.  He had lost weight and most of his bulk.  It was hard to look a man in the face when you used to look up at him...

The Significance Of All Saints Igbo Language Anglican Church In DC

It was a very important day in the history of Ndigbo in DC area with the formal inauguration of All Igbo Anglican Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington on Sunday September 16th, 2007...

Iri Ji Festival Awaken Ndigbo in London

The reawakening of Ndigbo cultural consciousness received a boost recently with the grand celebration of the New Yam Festival in London...

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Towards an Ethnicity of Values

For me, one of the most disconcerting facts about public discourse in Nigeria—including intellectual exchanges—is the rampant, if not default, deployment of ethnic or religious sentiments...

America Votes: Any Lessons For Nigeria?

In my opinion, a good number of American voters are not well-informed. And they are gullible. Most American voters are traditionalists. They stick to their ancestral family party line and pattern of voting...

Takeaways from Oyetola’s Tour of Osun LGAs

Evidently, the strategic engagement tour, recently embarked upon by...

Again, the Judiciary Falters in Ekiti

Again, the Nigerian judiciary was in its full nudity in the trial of the petition by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the AC governorship candidate in Ekiti State against the declaration of Mr. Segun Oni of the PDP as the winner of the highly dramatic bye election...

Dia Broda Obama 1 and 2

I am still waiting your ansa to my last letter. Hope things are all fine with you as you prepar for wite aus. How are Auntie Winshell and my shidren? Hope fine. Mama Sarah and all famili in Kenya and Nigeria have sent her greetings…

Boko Haram: A Nation Under the Grip of Deception (2)

The pattern of attacks is no longer confined to the North-Eastern state of Borno, it has spread to the North West and there had been unsuccessful attempt to spread South ward...

Son of the Soil

Lagos is a state under siege, my friends. That's what you call leisurely robbery attacks that go on for hours without any police assistance in sight.

Akachi-Ezeigbo and Children Stories: Reviving a Golden Tradition

For many Nigerian children born and brought up in the cities, the traditional practice of teaching children through fables, parables, and other forms of oral tradition are virtually non-existent...

Volcanic Shocks On The World Cup Turf  

The 2026 World Cup tournament being staged in the...

Raising the Ethical Bar in a Shrinking World

It is important to re-state the fact that at the beginning of the twenty first century, humanity finds itself in a state of despair and disillusionment. The early events of this century have shattered our vision and sense of triumph that was widely perceptible a few years ago...