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...

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...

Fear And Loathing On The Internet

We are constantly peddling, pushing and penning; essays, opinions and commentaries. We are after all citizen writers, or is it journalists?

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Pastors & Prostitutes

It is a lot easier to live a celibate...

He’s Just Not That Into You…

Sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending; we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell the ones who want us from the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave...

The Power of Choice!

The last few days have been awash with bad...

Different Denominations, One Church

Complete my joy by being of the same mind,...

Consortium of Presidents Will Save Nigeria

Nigeria has tried the one-man president formula for far...

Hate Speech and Its Death Penalty Palava!

The Nigerian senate has once again shot itself on...

Ribadu, Obasanjo, and The War Against Corruption

One is compelled to query the rationale behind the purported claim by Ribadu in New York on Monday, as reported by Empowered Newswire, that he is ready to die for Nigeria in his quest to fight corruption to a standstill...

Project Nigeria Revisited

When a child falls down he looks at the...

Emergency Preparedness Plan in Local Communities: The Role of Stakeholders

The transport of dangerous goods within communities is increasing.  The demands for improved efficiency and increased capacity often require use of dangerous processes and substances to boost production...

Tinubu’s LG Autonomy Gamble

"Local government is not just about politics, it's about...