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...

Tricks Of The Trade!

Somewhere on the other side of Alligator Alley, a Dodge Dealership had Minivans for sale at a "too good to be true" price. There was no time to waste! I grabbed my checkbook and ordered everyone to get in the car...

Living the Dream…

In a bid to living the American dream, young Nicole left her country Mexico for the United States of America. She left behind her two children. Not long after her arrival, disappointment began to set in gradually...

Why Does The Black Community Hate Nigerians?

Every where I go, I hear Congolese, Togolese, Sierra Leonean, Liberians and South Africans and others speak ill of Nigerians. They hate the fact that Nigerians are "too aggressive," "too dishonest," "love to show off their wealth," and are "always loud..."

At Her Majesty’s Service

I couldn't think of any reason why Her Majesty the Queen would remember me, I made sure I paid my income and council taxes, I hadn't been in any fight with my neighbours, at least lately, neither have I been indicted by any UK or Nigerian constituted body for corruption or money laundering...

Back in Nigeria after Twenty Years

“I am a Nigerian, deep in my heart, I am a Nigerian; but how do I find my way back?”

When Reality Hits the Road and The Road Ends at my Door: Ramblings of a Middle Aged Aunt

Today it is my time for thinking about my own child, my nieces, nephews and other younger relatives I have acquired by blood ties or through friendship. I wonder what the future holds for them. I wonder…

Ebi’s Story

"I suddenly realised that the whole bed was covered in blood and water. By the time an ambulance took me and Joseph to hospital, our baby was dead..."

My Black History

It is Black History Month. I do not in anyway wish to diminish African-American black history, but I believe that somewhere in the whole mess of history, African history has somehow gotten lost…

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UK Ban on Nigerian Doctors, the Federal Medical Clinic Abuja Angle

A child in my family needed a test result...

The 21st Century Scholar

The illiterate of the 21st century, in the words of the American writer Alvin Toffler, will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn...

Open Letter to Governor Amaechi

The essentiality of this letter to you is on the arrest of the members of Sekibo’s faction of the PDP in our state who were labelled "thugs" by the Secretary to the State Government...

Okay, Here Are Some Answers

I’m often taken aback when some of my Nigerian readers respond to my column by noting a failure to offer solutions. These fairly frequent responses are stated as complaints. It’s as if everything would turn out just fine, the country’s myriad crises would evaporate, once I stipulated what the solutions ought to be...

The weak point in Eurozone weakens its currency

All is not well in Eurozone and with its Euro due to the revelation that Greece, a member nation, is mired in a deficit beyond the stipulated benchmark by the union...

Yar’adua’s Offer: Seven-Defined Agenda Against A Several-Defiled Age

The rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy and essential to a well-functioning society that protects individual human rights. The government's failure to engage successfully with this nation is due to a failure to understand the structure of the Nigerian charisma...

The Things I Observed in Nigeria

There are too many moments that make me wonder how, and why, the vast majority of Nigerians are still alive and trudging...

America, Europe, Israel, Palestine, Hamas & Democracy

Shock and amusement are the words that best sum up my feelings regarding the reactions generated in America, Europe and Israel to the electoral victory secured by Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections...

Eye Candy

Why do Africans go back home and then call it a vacation when the whole point of a vacation is to escape from home?

Between Bhutto And Ribadu

Rewind. Then press play. Two moving pictures stand out as box office hits in the last days of 2007: the tragic death of Benazir Bhutto and removal of Nuhu Ribadu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...