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...

The Making of an American President

These immortals have been men after all… I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where number 44 once lived as a student at Harvard Law School, on...

No Shame in the Name

Because you do not have to be misrepresented by a false name. I had just finished watching another interesting episode of Third Rail on OZY...

Bullying is the New Normal in America

From its inception, the United States Presidency has been considered a noble office and its occupant, has been correspondingly as noble in character. But...

Value Change Proposition: Promoting a More Civilized America

Because tenable gun control laws, reflective of advanced civilized societies, will engender safe spaces for those uncomfortable conversations that are long overdue. I am often...

Viewing a People through New Lens

I am watching a CNN reporter, broadcasting live from Lagos. His location is backdropped by modern buildings, modern cars and tarred roads. This is...

Texas not a mere Geographical Space

 “is no longer a mere geographical space”— John O’Sullivan, 1845 ‘n my early youth,’ as a kid, two books I won in a competition brought some...

Millionaire Black Athletes refuse to Wink at the Black American Underclass

Colin Kaepernick’s courageous stance (kneel) is moral and not for self-aggrandizement. Alternatively, had he chosen the hypocritical path and winked at racial injustice, he...

Lawyers: Social Engineers who save lives

Being a lawyer is no trite affair. Being a black lawyer is a big deal. Now being a black male lawyer is even a...

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“Health Is Waste”, They Say!

Nigerians are worried over ostensible reluctance of the aspiring politicians. Their inability to tell the people what they have to offer when the whole country goes to polling boots to elect them into offices, this year, is one pain...

Channels TV: Another Triumph of Journalism

Governance in Nigeria may not represent an enthralling story, but not journalism. Acts of the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary at all levels may be nauseating, not so with the fourth estate of the realm. There are major bus-stops in Nigeria journalism that attract huge nods...

Additional Notes to President Buhari

Dear Mr President, We are not ashamed we campaigned for...

David Mark and the Agitation for More States

Rather than create more states, the National Assembly should in fact find a way of consolidating the current 36 states into no more than six states to reduce the size of government, improve efficiency and save costs...

EIA Process for WAGP Project: Concerns over Compliance with Policies and Applicable National Regulations

The flawed EIA process for the on-going WAGP is not an isolated case. It is a confirmation of the EIA practice in Nigeria, which is characterised by corruption and infraction of environmental legislation and regulations...

Mandela's Death: The Departure of the Soul of Africa?

2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African struggle to make Africa a better place...

Yoruba Roonu Dada…(1)

My mission and response to Lukman-El-Rufai's articles is to show Senator Tinubu, the leadership of the ACN and Yoruba respectively that  the intention of Buhari and El-Rufai to form an alliance with ACN against the 2015 elections has nothing to do with their love for Nigerians...

Mediocrity Rules In The Ministry Of Justice

When it seems that sanity and confidence in the Nigerian legal system is being restored after the atrocities of the Abacha years, and the uncertainties of the Obasanjo Administration, we are now regressing...

Buhari’s Lies: Change that Changes Nothing

President Mohammadu Buhari has turned out to be the...

A Man’s Response to “What Does It Mean To Be a Nigerian Woman in America?”

There is the tendency amongst some Africans to think that African culture is backward and primitive and all that...