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...

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…

Love, Religion and Agnostics Like Me

What is the matter with all these Bible-carrying proselytes who bump into me everywhere I go? They want to know what Church or denomination I belong. They want me to come to Church with them, to have a relationship with Christ, confess my sins and know God. And when I rebuff them, they look at me as though I am headed for the valley of fire...

For Molara Wood…Listen, The Book, The Book Is Waving Us A Long Goodbye…

Something interesting happened to me this year. I found myself searching the Internet, looking for, and acquiring several books by authors that nurtured me in my youth growing up in Nigeria...

All Nigerian American Congress

Not too long ago, Nigeria was at par with South Korea, Malaysia and other far east nations that were developing at the same pace with Nigeria in the sixties.  Today, the distance has been greatly widened...

I Will Really Show You!!

Tell me, what is it you want that I have not given you?  What is it that I have not done for you?  You are with me practically 24/7, so you cannot possibly say I abandon you...

Green Card and Other Realities

I have no qualms offending God. I really don’t; but to offend the tax office, the police, or the immigration folks? Please don’t! That would be suicidal. No matter what you do, please be honest with those folks. Otherwise, they will turn your life upside down. They will make your life a living hell...

Dream Man: Is It Really Wishful Thinking?

Is it really wishful thinking to actually believe I would end up with my dream man?  If God could create King Solomon full of wisdom, Daniel full of faith, David full of courage, Joseph full of generosity, and Jesus full of love, then why not a Nigerian man full of Vera’s dreams?

Some Nigerians Are Stranded in China!

Some Nigerians are stranded in China. Some of these Nigerians allegedly committed some visa or immigrations infractions in China, and as a result, are said to have been detained for extended periods of time without trial or contact with the outside world...

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BOSAS International Law Bureau vs OPEC (2)

Most OPEC Member-states are members of the United Nations and so, are bound by the UN Charter. OPEC'S discriminatory act violates ARTICLE 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights...

Ambassador John Campbell’s Doomsday Prophecy

Reading Mr Campbell’s essay, you can’t help but sympathise with Mr. Segun Aganga, Nigeria’s new Minister of Trade and Investment as his job has just been made much more challenging as he begins a mighty task of convincing foreign investors to come to Nigeria...

‘Ojukwu declared I was the only clean minister in Balewa’s government’ – late Matthew T. Mbu

Mbu told me that the then Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu informed him that the military officers had investigated the bank accounts of the members of the Balewa government and only he was given a ‘clean bill of health’ i.e. he was free from the corruption virus...

The Nigerian Bar Association: Rediscovering The Rule of Law & Due Process?

Are we witnessing a bastardization of the rule of law and due process in Nigeria? Are these high ideals of law and fine legal concepts being corrupted? All for shortsighted benefits...

Obama’s Inauguration as a Global Face-Lift!

Barack Obama becomes president of the United States this Tuesday, 20th January, 2009. That time, he will have little breathing room to deal with ‘the horrible mess’ left by his predecessor...

Music, Social Commentary and Generational Gaps: Appreciating Sonny Okosun and Chimaobi Owoh

Everyone even the consumers of the biggest heap of...

War on Graft: As Magu’s Probe Lingers

In case Nigerians are gradually forgetting, the probe of...

NATO, No Fly Zone for Syria, Yemen, Bahrain?

Syria is using tanks and heavy weapons to crackdown on peaceful protesters and this is egregious and should be condemned by all lovers of democracy and freedom...

The Vice President's Wife Speaks!

If the VP is a Doctorate degree holder and lecturer, how come he glossed over his wife's grammar over the years to the point that it has turned to a public embarrassment of sorts?

Seasons of Settlements

Going by the conciliatory outcomes of this week, perhaps, before the week is out, Governor Oyinlola well set plans afoot to reconcile the Abiolas and the Abachas; the Ooni of Ife and the Alafin of Oyo; PDP and AC; Christians and Moslems; North and South...