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...

Mourning, Culture & the Individual

Immigrants are so often deprived, in the most intangible and unquantifiable way. I have missed out on opportunities, sundry opportunities, to participate in my family's happiest moments...

I Will Always Love Nigeria

In spite of the very public war being waged by Nuhu Ribadu and the EFCC, elements of the Nigerian government still don't get the message. Out there in the Departure Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, custom agents demand and receive bribes from hapless travelers...

Consumer Power: The Rich Black Race

What if I told you to stop spending at Wal Mart?  K-Mart? Kroger? Ralph's? Macy's, Bloomingdales, Prada, Banana Republic, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, AX?  Could you do it? Am I crazy?

Have You Seen Tunde Babalola?

The Babalola family has been thrown into anguish and sorrow over their son Tunde, who has been missing since Monday June 19th 2006...

A Summer Without The Boys

Since I have been living abroad, one of the things I look forward to every year is my annual summer holidays in Nigeria. A time normally reserved for me and the boys to get into all sorts...

Aduro Tales

Aduro is the name Nigerians call themselves, especially those living in Germany's many Asyl Heims or aduro houses. We never really got to find out the meaning and origin of the word, but you inherit the name on arrival...

Seeing America From Their Eyes…

Quite a lot of us Nigerians who have not had the so-called good fortune to visit God's own country are often regaled with the phantasmagoria of what we miss. And indeed we do. The sweet stories vary from the real to the surreal...

Seeing America From Their Eyes…

Quite a lot of us Nigerians who have not had the so-called good fortune to visit God's own country are often regaled with the phantasmagoria of what we miss. And indeed we do. The sweet stories vary from the real to the surreal...

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Ngozi Iweala, Our Next President

One of the greatest problems of Nigeria and most third world economies is the lack of continuity. In light of this factor, most international investors are wary of long term investments and in Nigeria; they are especially concerned as to who would succeed OBJ for good cause.  What better person than his Minister of Finance?

Should MEND Become a Political Party?

The Niger Delta militants are not one organisation operating under a common leadership with unified ideology. There is no central chain of command or a clearly defined political ideal. Rather, the militants are a loose eclectic mix of several aggrieved armed factions...

The Rule of Law Must Live

To ensure that the rule of law regime thrives, conscientious, highly learned judges, have the bounden duty to use the law wisely. They enjoy discretionary powers to enable them come to the rescue of the oppressed so that they do not suffer jeopardy from strong, demonic recidivists, who are found living in estates, towns and villages...

Obama's America’s Response to Haiti: A Thunderous Applause, but…

President Obama's pronouncements, promises and pledges on Haiti have been clear-eyed, vigorous and robust and it could turn out to be one of the most pivotal and defining moments of the Obama presidency...

Why Nigerians Cannot Pay International Prices for Oil

Leaving petrol prices in Nigeria to the whims and caprices of international spot market rate is leaving Nigerians vulnerable to the speculators on Wall Street and Main Street. In fact, it is leaving us open to Osama Bin Laden and his fellow terrorists...

The Banana Skins Called Ibori, Etteh And Odili

The problem is not so much that the government is winning the war against corruption, but the impression that the war itself is not being fought with sincerity of purpose, the right tools and resources or seriousness...

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...

Danjuma: Lamentations Of A Bloody Traitor

I know that Danjuma is suffering the inner torture that comes ordinarily from his penchant for treachery and betrayal. He is dying with the blood of Ironsi on his very bloody hand...

The Spiritual Symbolism of Duality: Knowledge Waste in Nigeria

This is the gospel some prosperity pastors should preach to Professor Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission, who has been caught inexorably in a web of circumstance...

A Treatise on the Historical, Theoretical Issues in the Middle- East Crisis

The Middle East has been a theatre of constant religious, ideological and struggles against ancient regimes...