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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Eleven Years of Transition from Military to Civilian Rule: Why We Have Failed

It may at this point be categorically stated, that, the factors which orchestrated the cancelation of the June 12 elections, our immediate reaction and how the post-June challenges were taken over and exploited to achieve vested political interests by tinny groups of powerful cabals laid down the foundation of why democracy has failed in solving our perennial problems...

Fighting Terrorism in Nigeria: Evolving a Homegrown Strategy

Since the onset of the ongoing insurgency in the...

Jonathan’s Universe of the Turning Wheel: Riding on the Horn of a Unicorn

It was reported widely last month that General Yakubu Gowon said that he supported the pardon of some jailed Nigerian citizens...

The Final Come Down Came: A Book Excerpt for Men Only

I had barely sat down.  Hadn’t even had time to take the first sip of my coffee when this man planted himself in the chair directly opposite me.   It was the last thing I needed...

Ojo Maduekwe And Nigerian Foreign Policy: A Dissenting Opinion

For almost two decades, Nigeria has been adrift within the global system. Unclear and irresolute about its role and place within such anarchical system, she has not been able to find her voice, define and defend her goals, or assert itself within the comity of nations...

US-China Trade War: The Fate of African Nations

The trade war initiated by the United States against...

Jonathan’s Sweeping Victory MUST translate to Wholesale Performance

Jonathan must roll out in governance as he did in his electioneering. He and his team must work themselves inside-out in such a way that performance corresponds with the hope and expectations of the people, which hope and expectation is captured in the sweeping mandate they gave him...

How I Wish…

How I wish that Nigeria, my country, could share a few of the fundamentals that have transformed another British colony into, arguably, the greatest country on Earth, and the Leader of the Free World in less than 200 years of its Independence...

Creation, True Science versus Evolution: Conclusion

God made it all! Evolution is mere fantasy; false science and bundle of confusion! It is only masking as science. It is far from being it. The Bible speaks of science so-called. This is one...

Lunacy Of Hanging On To Power Called Onemanocracy

It takes pathetic lunacy to aspire to practice Onemanocracy,...