Life Abroad

I’m having a bad day at work, my nerves are barely holding together as a result of work pressure and this creepy moron’s email pops up again on my mail …

Nashville, Tennessee, is not like Seattle, Washington, where it sometimes rain as though the rivers in heaven overflowed their banks. But on this particular day in Nashville, it rained. It …

After 365 endless days, we can finally get our money back from the government. Can you imagine? They take an interest free loan from us that we personally did not willingly …

In spite of all the negativities and fear, Nigerians like me would like to return home. But where do one start? Would my local peers see me as an outsider …

Here I am standing in the fork at the end of the road. My mother calls from deep inside Africa and this time work must wait. My wife mama bomboy …

I will be walking home soon to Nigeria. I am going home to be rich. I am not talking of going home to land contracts that I will never execute. …

I like Wal-Mart. I like their sales better than any other stores’. I am interested in their DVD player sales. It doesn’t matter that I already have six DVD players …

Why are too many Nigerians uninterested in the push and pull of democracy? Why are many Nigerians not concerned with the call and response of participatory democracy? Why are so …

Why are too many Nigerians uninterested in the push and pull of democracy? Why are many Nigerians not concerned with the call and response of participatory democracy? Why are so …

Your teenage son already sees you as that strange man with the funny accent from Africa who just doesn’t understand him. So, don’t make matters worse by buying him a …

What is the matter with all these Bible-carrying proselytes who bump into me everywhere I go? They want to know what Church or denomination I belong. They want me to …

Something interesting happened to me this year. I found myself searching the Internet, looking for, and acquiring several books by authors that nurtured me in my youth growing up in …

Not too long ago, Nigeria was at par with South Korea, Malaysia and other far east nations that were developing at the same pace with Nigeria in the sixties.  Today, the distance has …

Tell me, what is it you want that I have not given you?  What is it that I have not done for you?  You are with me practically 24/7, so …

I have no qualms offending God. I really don’t; but to offend the tax office, the police, or the immigration folks? Please don’t! That would be suicidal. No matter what …

Is it really wishful thinking to actually believe I would end up with my dream man?  If God could create King Solomon full of wisdom, Daniel full of faith, David …