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...

The Hard Life of a Fat Cat

From each according to his ability, and to each according to her need, because some folks have just way too much than necessary…  Concerning those...

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...

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The Unbearable Cost of Political Foolishness

I have written before about the profound pain that...

When last did Amaechi travel to Oyigbo

In 2011, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State took...

I am Proud of Naija

Indeed the natives liked the name Nigeria, just as Dame Flora Shaw, bless her soul, rightly predicted.  Even the current wife of the president shares the same title “Dame” with the deceased first lady of Nigeria. No, the natives did not wear oversized and over starched khakis anymore to serve their masters as before. But in the blazing heat, they wore suits and tie...

Musing on the New Tax regime and clearance in Abuja

Abuja is the modern day Egypt. To receive services,...

Student Loan : Is It Necessary Among Nigerians?

The student funding in Nigeria is more of a pie than a puzzle. The schools want a bigger pie and more slices instead of realigning their budget priorities like the rest of the world in our present economic crisis...

A Super-Charged Nation

Do Nigerian men really walk about packing a permanent hard on as the image in one of the energy drink brands suggests or is it the women that are leading them on...

Is Rev. King Also A Christian?

I see so many people out there claiming to be born-again, children of God, Christians, Gospel ministers, pastors or bishops, as I observe their lifestyles, and the things they propagate and endorse, the inevitable question I am forced to ask is: where then are the sinners and unbelievers?

Sharia News

From the manger of made-in-Nigeria Sharia came news a couple of weeks ago that some elites in that State have written a petition to the House of Assembly to protest the revocation of land allocated to them by the previous State government...

I Have No Interest In Working For Obasanjo – Omoyele Sowore

"I have repeatedly said it that I don’t believe in the political process in Nigeria, I am not interested in politics, I am hoping that my future engagements can help clean the Aegean Stable called Nigeria and open the political space for honest people to participate in politics, but not this one!" - Omoyele Sowore

In a Way…It Happened This Monday

We meet to talk about things, we talk about the kind of things friends and lovers talk about: life and ideas and aspirations and fears and the light in our heart. You know, it is really easy to talk to someone you feel affection for...