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...

My List of Things to do Today

To all stay-at-home moms or dads, if your list bears any semblance to mine, don't worry, be happy!

Green Card and Other Realities

For the vast majority of Africans, no one told us the truth about how difficult, complex and discouraging life in this country can be. No one told of how America messes with people’s mind...

Akátá vs. Afrikàná: The Truth about our ‘Differences’

Tensions between “Akatas” and Africans in this country have worsened since the upsurge of African immigration here in the ‘80s, but were always there.  And they remain tense, in some circles.  Why?

Akátá vs. Afrikàná: The Truth about our ‘Differences’

Tensions between “Akatas” and Africans in this country have worsened since the upsurge of African immigration here in the ‘80s, but were always there.  And they remain tense, in some circles.  Why?

Going Back Home

Bruce Warioba is my actual name. I had to change it to Warris when I arrived England in the sixties. I was black and I didn’t want to add to the trouble by telling them a name they would not understand thereby relegating me totally...

Going Back Home

Bruce Warioba is my actual name. I had to change it to Warris when I arrived England in the sixties. I was black and I didn’t want to add to the trouble by telling them a name they would not understand thereby relegating me totally...

I am Going Back to America

I love my country, I love Nigeria. But regrettably, love, nationalism and patriotism are not enough. It is not defeat, but pragmatism and common sense...

This Thing Called 'Personal Space'

I was working in a nursing home when a male nurse, also a fellow Igbo, displayed understandable excitement at meeting another Igbo on the job.  He proceeded to playfully hug me but I froze and did not return the hug.  That was the first time I knew I had acquired a Personal Space...

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Why Looting May Not Stop In Nigeria

Many years ago, when heavy traffic on Carter Bridge consisted of several new Raleigh bicycles racing along, some motorcycles and a couple of cars, a man returned to his village from Lagos, with a well tailored new dress, with which he hoped to cause a stir in Church the following Sunday...

Power-Rich, Progress-Poor: The Tragic Story of Ika Land!

Over the past four decades, Ika land—one of the...

Freedom Within A Cage…

For every animal, a trap exists to catch it however big or ferocious it might look. Hence we have lions and other wild animals "domesticated" and held captive in cages and zoos worldwide. However, there is no known trap that can capture the wind because it is invisible as much as it is invincible...

In Search Of Skilled Artisans

In Nigeria today, there seems to be an upsurge in the preference for skilled artisans, craftsmen and masons from Togo, Ghana and other African countries...

Polygamy: A Cancerous Issue in Nigeria

One of the concerns I had with MKO presumably winning the presidency that was annulled by IBB in 1993, was the way Nigeria would have been perceived around the world when a highly polygamous man leads a country of such potential greatness...

Agenda for the Next President

This is the season of high-wire politicking, and some...

Greatest Opportunity of All Time: GOAT

It was a World Cup final match like no...

Parachutes Everywhere but None to Stem the Plunge of the Naira

The parachute has always featured in the Nigerian story....

That Evil Trade in Libya

Way back on 10 December, 1948, the United Nations...

Romance, Relationships and Personal Ads

How do you tell your mother and father that you met your wife or husband through an Internet dating site? I won't even bother to imagine the look on their faces. How sad and disappointed they must feel...