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...

Gender Roles in African Relationships

He told me an African woman is not worth visiting if she can't cook… yet he himself can't cook, and he wouldn't cook even if he could. His "shopping list" for a potential mate is one who will take care of him just as his mom took care of his dad, but one who is also financially independent...

Gender Roles in African Relationships

He told me an African woman is not worth visiting if she can't cook… yet he himself can't cook, and he wouldn't cook even if he could. His "shopping list" for a potential mate is one who will take care of him just as his mom took care of his dad, but one who is also financially independent...

Gender Roles in African Relationships

He told me an African woman is not worth visiting if she can't cook… yet he himself can't cook, and he wouldn't cook even if he could. His "shopping list" for a potential mate is one who will take care of him just as his mom took care of his dad, but one who is also financially independent...

An African Wife/Husband Without African Values (1)

Will Diaspora Nigerian women and men be better off marrying Chinese, Japanese, Jews, Germans, Americans or Europeans instead of fellow Nigerians?

An African Wife/Husband Without African Values (2)

Will Diaspora Nigerian women and men be better off marrying Chinese, Japanese, Jews, Germans, Americans or Europeans instead of fellow Nigerians?

Ethnicity and Religion: Misperception and Prejudice

In today's Nigeria ethnicity is either at the core or at the ring of our problems; or at the least, ethnicity straddles it. At the core of corruption is ethnicity. At the core of nearly all the military coups we have endured was ethnicity...

My Baby Is Not Up For Adoption

How could you, Angelina Jolie? How could you? Was I not the one that told you the quickest way to get an ambassadorial position in the UN is to adopt a Somalian child?  Did my advice not lead to your hooking up with the white world’s sexiest man alive…how come you did not come to Nigeria to have your baby?

Are Men…and Women Necessary?

I don’t know if anyone is keeping records; but this is my observation: In predominantly White states, especially in the Midwest, when a Nigerian man divorces a Nigerian woman, the chances are that he would end up with a non-Nigerian woman...especially a White woman...

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There is Acute and Chronic Obi-session in Nigeria

There is obsession and there is Obi-session. The diff,...

Why Dem No Want Hep Me Enter America?

My friend would love to go live in the US too. He has played visa lottery since inception, has attempted serendipity, has made SOS calls, and now all he has in the American dream from his brothers are mere promises, promises and nothing but promises…

Jesus Twin-Question as Eternity awaits all

While Satan is seeing priceless souls of men that he must ruin at all cost, men are seeing the world as ‘priceless’ and are doing everything to get it and so, they are not only exchanging their souls for the world but actually signing with the devil in his affront to our Creator...

In Search of Nigeria’s “Credible” Politicians

If you are in Nigeria and you have not...

Presidency: The Danger of Shagarinization

It is possible to predict prophetically the future direction of the Umaru Yar’Adua government by examining Shagari’s government because both are eerily similar in their creation, nature and style…

Leadership, Decision Making, The North, The Military And Development In Nigeria: A System Analysis (Part 1)

In this article, using a system analysis approach, I'll try to show or prove that the probability of a leader succeeding, at least as far as the Nigerian context is concerned, has a lot to do with his origin. Using econometrics, we will try to find a correlation between good leadership and the origin of a leader...

Abubakar Atiku: The Betrayal of President Obasanjo

There is something about rats, snakes, leeches and anopheles mosquitoes that I can’t stand. Damn, they make you sick. The more I think of Mr. Atiku, the more I think of these lowly creatures; the more I think of these creatures, the more I think of Mr. Atiku...

Dear APC, Saying No is not enough

Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others...

Grave Choices Before Youngsters

In America where an individual must be licensed to perform the most basic of chores, parenting is hardly paid any attention...