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...

Relocating to Nigeria: Best Practices

Nigeria is a great place. If you truly plan on relocating, be prepared. Nigeria has never been more ready for relocating Nigerian in Diaspora than now...

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...

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Tribute to a Living Legend: Chief Dr. Orlando Owoh

In his over forty years musical career, Chief Dr. Oladipupo Owoh, popularly called Orlando Owoh has without doubt proved to be one of the greatest musicians that have come out of Nigeria...

Making Roads Safer In Nigeria

Every Nigerian has the right to live, and work in safety. Every Nigerian has the right to walk, ride and drive on good and safe roads. This generation should not be wasted with increasing road accidents...

Between APC and ADC: Whither the Masses

Nigeria’s political atmosphere is saturated by a type of...

A Message To The Youth of Nigeria: Don't Let Them Do This To Us

When you go to assassinate a political opponent, or to hijack a ballot box and you make any mistake, you will be the one to be destroyed, and not the politician that sent you...

Agbani's Sickening Folly

Agbani has become Nigeria's ambassador of shame. She needs to be rescued before greater desperation drives her into more heinous acts. Somebody should, also, please walk across to her parents and talk some sense into them...

The Hijab Controversy: Why Schools Should Be Secular

The banning of religious clothing and symbols in public...

Do They Really Care for Black Africans?

Even if Bob Geldof and his cohorts have genuine concerns about the ordinary people in Africa, they are going about it the wrong way because they are not actually addressing any problem by wining and dining with presidents and making headlines in the western newspapers...

Welcoming Northern Economic Region

There is no great economy without many regional economic entities competing among themselves within it. The United States, which every nation has looked up to until the recent emergence of the Dragon, was as vibrant and robust as its twelve regional economies fiercely competing amongst themselve...

These Crowds

It was high noon on that day. It was...

Lessons From Zamfara State

The Federal Government must address the “cross border” education equitably. In its attempt – it must not use the United Kingdom model...