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...

Another Wasted Life

History will never forgive those who refused to take a positive decision in the case of the late Ms Eze Elizabeth Alabi...

Essays From Exile: Another Coming

In America, our days do not morph into nights. The days clash into the nights and the explosions send us shell-shocked into the bosom of tired gods. Dawn comes with the rude roar of the bugler's trumpet. And the cycle continues every morning...

Between Diasporas And Homeland Nigerians

Nigerians living in the homeland have always suspected the motives of those in the Diaspora, who are sometimes accused of peddling Western views and solutions to purely unique Nigerian problems...

To Mum: on Mothers’ Day

Mother, this morning like every other morning , I am conscious of the sacrifices of the past and the role you have played in making me the man I have turned to be today...

When Life Was Tender…

Tribalism and or ethnicity hit home and hit me hard only after I got to the United States. It was in this country that I was reminded, for the very first time that I was different...

Is Dianne Abbott, MP, A Friend Of Nigeria?

Dianne Abbot has shown Nigerians and by implication her many constituents her true face. Her comments are bound are likely to ignite further the flames of inter-ethnic wrangling between Nigerians and Jamaicans in the UK...

The US Immigration Debate

Because of what America is and because of what America offers, there may never be a fail-safe or perfect immigration policy...

Equality in African Relationships

Is there such a thing as a truly equal heterosexual African relationship? Equal share of power, responsibilities and spousal support? Do they exist?, and if so, what structures in our societies and in marriages do the individuals who chose to follow this path have to surmount?

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Change of Times (Ecclesiastes 3)

A time has announced its arrival for President Umar Yar'Adua to be a hero or villain in our obscure search for a stable nationhood. The choice is wholly his!

Sanwo-Olu’s Dilemma and the Burden of Lagos State

"Lagos is a shameful state with a lot of...

Chief Francis Doukpolagha, Bayelsa State and the PDP

No matter the standard of measurement that is used to measure genuine leadership, accountability, transparency and service, Chief Doukpolagha meets and exceeds all those yardsticks...

Governor Peter Obi and El Rufai: In Defense of Anambra Integrity

Nasir El Rufai, in his most recent article on Peter Obi and Anambra State, did not provide us with credible references or scholarly sources that validate the statistics he utilized. However, it was not difficult to find out his source which is the National Bureau of Statistics...

Sexual Cannibalism

Assuming women were like the female praying mantis or the female black widow that feed on the male counterpart during or after sex, how many men would have loved or love to be loved by women?

Abia: A Land of Agberos

We have read or heard about the different relocations of peoples in Abia State that mainly comprise traders from one point to another. But what we were not told was how many of the traders could not get accommodations in the places they were transferred to...

My Magic Music Man Majek Fashek

It takes a playfully mischievous magician to conjure heavy...

The Cemetery Of Corruption Called Nigerian History

There is talk here and there of bringing back...

My Covid-19 Experience

I had an experience over the Christmas holidays that...

Failed Governance: Revealing The Crooked To Relieve The Hooked

Nigeria has no alternative to harnessing natural resources, promoting prosperity, protecting the right of every citizens and planning and or balancing the economy on freedom, equity and justice platform...