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...

Nigeria’s National Independence Day Celebrations, New York 2005

After about ten years of attending Nigeria’s National Independence Day Parades in New York City, this year’s October 1st 2005 festivities were outstandingly the best yet!

Hurricane Katrina: A Third World Response Under An Inept Leadership

FEMA failed because it has a very weak leadership, unqualified personnel and a system that is grossly incompetent.  I weep for a system that ignores ability, knowledge, and competency, solely for political reward.  The system failed.  The president failed. Condoleeza Rice failed...

Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry?

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same time oppressive. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past...

The Story of Sex in the Nigerian Community

Women in Nigeria are beginning to find their place and their voice in a society that was for so long dismissive of their feelings and concerns and their sexual needs. In a society where men thought it was their birthright, a sort of entitlement to have 2 or 4 or as many sexual partners as possible now find that women are now demanding...

Reflections In A Mirror Offer Opportunity For Objectivity

Without doubt, the present high crime rate in Wilmington is having some adverse effects on the economic and social landscape of an otherwise beautiful city. The city fondly described as "a place to be someone" is fast becoming a city of nobody...

Life In America: Cowfoot By Candlelight

When I left to visit Nigeria, I had only been in America ten years and so I hadn't acquired the accent expected of a Nigerian-American. As for my hair, even in those days I had so little hair left, I was afraid that if I fried my hair, I would go bald! So I went home nappy-haired and with my original Nigerian accent. Unknown to me this was a major source of embarrassment to my dad...

Essays From Exile: The Skid Screed

The West must learn a lesson that my American bank knows too well and it is this: When you give a military junta a loan, it is analogous to giving a loan to a thief who has stolen my identity. Just as I am protected by the laws of the land, the beautiful people of Africa should be protected from the crimes of the gun-toting thieves and their Western accomplices...

Buying a House in America: When Lenders Compete, Home Buyers Win?

If you have tenants, don’t rely on whatever rents they are going to pay you as your only source of paying your mortgage because you will be disappointed. Eight out of ten tenants will add more to your problems, rather than minimize them...

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Early Warning Systems: A Strategic Path to Curb Conflict in Benue State

Benue State, a region often defined by the scars...

The Fragility of the Throne

By Adeola Ojo In his incisive critique, Governor Adeleke and...

Promise: I Want To Change My Name

Promise is a common English word that denotes a...

Patriotism and Patriotism Only

Efforts should be geared towards encouraging the entire population to buy made in Nigeria. I watched former president Jerry Rawlings of Ghana in an interview when he said that his constant wearing of Ghana made cloths increased the sales of those materials...

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Man in the Mirror

For the first time in his political career, our newly inaugurated president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, can, from within the opulence of his presidential lodgings, repose and assume pose before a full length mirror, thumb his chest and look his reflection in the eye...

Yewa and Gubernatorial Brouhaha (1)

Ogun state is in a political arm lock. The vermin called Yewa is infecting the state and convulsing the hearts and minds of other gubernatorial candidates who see Yewa’s factor as a political stumbling block to be destroyed and dismantled brick by brick...

Abati: The Invalid, The Nincompoop

Dr Reuben Abati, the controversial Nigerian presidential spokesman, was in his best element when he 'opened' yet another front in the 'war' against the critics of President Goodluck Jonathan...

Oyerinde: Between David and the Behemoths

In this land of ours if the police breach your rights, the intervention of deities cannot save you. Woe betides you therefore if the police and the lawyers take you on - your own don finish...

Zik, Onoh And An Elusive Anambra Gubernatorial Ambition

To many Nigerians, Zik was an enigma. Richly endowed by Deity with an array of talents, Zik could rightly be described as a man who came before his time.  To us in Lagos, Zik was one of us. He spoke Yoruba Language fluently. He was brought up in Lagos...

2015 UN Paris Conference on Climate Change: Global Tremors in the Era of the Anti-Christ

There were things the United Nations Secretary-General did not...