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...

Nigerian Doctors Gather In Sheffield

Ike Anya was in Sheffield to attend the annual autumn conference of the Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners, the umbrella organization for Nigerian doctors in the United Kingdom. His report...

I Will Always Love Nigeria

"We are armed robbers and we have come to collect our Sallah gift. Let's go to your room..." I was not scared of the armed robbers. But I was angry. I was very angry that I stayed in that hotel unarmed. I did not want to die like a wimp, with my hands in the air…

I Will Always Love Nigeria

"We are armed robbers and we have come to collect our Sallah gift. Let's go to your room..." I was not scared of the armed robbers. But I was angry. I was very angry that I stayed in that hotel unarmed. I did not want to die like a wimp, with my hands in the air…

You are African?

“You are African? Cool, do you speak Swahili?” 

“You are from Nigeria? Waoh. I know this guy from Nigeria too. He just got arrested.”
“You are from Africa? So you speak another language right? Like not English or French or like a real language though. Yeah? Cool. Say something.”

Requesting Transcripts from Nigerian Universities

If you’ve ever attempted to secure academic transcripts from any Nigerian university, or from other institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, you must know how difficult and frustrating it can be...

No R – E – S – P – E – C – T for some Elderly in America!

When it comes to how the younger generation treats some elderly citizens of this so-called God's country, I must bow my head in shame...

From Texas to Washington DC

Does anyone know how much Nigeria has spent on Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson and the Sullivan enterprise? Whenever I think of Andrew Young and his ilk, the image of someone undeservedly milking a cow comes to mind...

Either Here or There: Coming to America…

In America, I would always be the African girl who sounds different, looks different and just could never quite blend in. In Nigeria, I would become the American girl who could not speak pidgin and could not make ukodo, yet who insisted that she was Nigerian...

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All Nigerian American Congress

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 been greatly widened...

Palestine Declares Own Nationhood and Freedom!

There is really no need for Palestine to continue to have faith in stalled negotiations as Israel continues to expand settlements in occupied territories...

No To Sovereign National Conference – A Review

The book, “No to Sovereign National Conference” is, without the slightest iota of doubt, a demonstration of a deep patriotic fervor by Adebayo Adejare.  The book offers some very cogent ingredients that he believes will pave the way for the enthronement of unity, stability and democratic governance as a going concern in our Fatherland...

The Antecedence and Aftermath of Change

Today, if the dead were to be alive, and the living activists were to reflect on the journey of building an egalitarian society, there is no doubt in my mind that they will in unison offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving...

President Jonathan and Juju Heritage of Cursing

President Goodluck Jonathan's invocation of curses on his appointed ministers may look like falling into our primordial and juju heritage, but the action has proved a sound point. "May your road be rough. May you have hard time this year. May you have plenty of troubles", are the curses hurled on his ministers to prepare them for the murderous task ahead...

Tinubu and the Rhythm of Restructuring

President Bola Tinubu's recent announcement to unbundle the Nigerian...

Mandela's Death: The Departure of the Soul of Africa?

2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African struggle to make Africa a better place...

Caught in a Web of Circumstance

There are no people I disrespect like people, who, as a result of greed, whitemail or consent, allow other people or institutions in the service of the Luciferian hierarchy to desecrate their divinity...

The Impediments to Buhari’s Agenda: Time for Critical Assessment

In the next few months, President Buhari will be...

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...