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...

Pay Me Back My Money

After 365 endless days, we can finally get our money back from the government. Can you imagine? They take an interest free loan from us that we personally did not willingly authorize for one whole year and then we have to pay someone to get it back - talk about losing money on an investment...

Relocating to Nigeria

In spite of all the negativities and fear, Nigerians like me would like to return home. But where do one start? Would my local peers see me as an outsider and as someone to frustrate out of the system? Would my children and wife feel welcome and in place? Is the atmosphere conducive for personal growth and development? Is my safety and that of my family guaranteed?

Essays from Exile: Nigeria We Hail Thee!

Here I am standing in the fork at the end of the road. My mother calls from deep inside Africa and this time work must wait. My wife mama bomboy is taking me to the airport because I have to go to Nigeria to see mama even if it kills me...

Essays From Exile: Nigeria By Air! Who Wan Die?

I will be walking home soon to Nigeria. I am going home to be rich. I am not talking of going home to land contracts that I will never execute. Nope, I am going home to be a seer, a soothsayer, a herbalist, a babalawo. Since the fiery crash of two airplanes within two months in Nigeria, babalawos have become suddenly hot commodities...

How To Survive Shopping In America

I like Wal-Mart. I like their sales better than any other stores’. I am interested in their DVD player sales. It doesn’t matter that I already have six DVD players in the house. I need one in my car garage...

Garbage Removal Is President Obasanjo's Job!

Why are too many Nigerians uninterested in the push and pull of democracy? Why are many Nigerians not concerned with the call and response of participatory democracy? Why are so many Nigerians infinitely unmoved by the ineffectiveness of state governments and municipal governments or local government authorities?

Garbage Removal Is President Obasanjo's Job!

Why are too many Nigerians uninterested in the push and pull of democracy? Why are many Nigerians not concerned with the call and response of participatory democracy? Why are so many Nigerians infinitely unmoved by the ineffectiveness of state governments and municipal governments or local government authorities?

Christmas Gifts Africans Should Avoid

Your teenage son already sees you as that strange man with the funny accent from Africa who just doesn’t understand him. So, don’t make matters worse by buying him a Sony Walkman. That was cool in your day. Get him the Ipod Nano instead. That should work. Be warned though…an Ipod is different from the Ondo cocoa pod you are familiar with…

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill: What lessons for Nigeria?

It is striking that while the US government, knowing “just how precious the Louisiana wetlands are”, have been firing on all cylinders to cause the BP to pay for a one-off incidental spill, the Nigerian state and its institutions have over the years been working in tandem with oil companies to systematically despoil and impoverish the Niger Delta wetlands...

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