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...

Give Them Their Flowers Now

The moment of my departure to America, "land of milk and honey" was at hand. Instead of basking in the sun of jubilation, my grandmother was wallowing in tears. She shook her head with regret and announced, "You will never see me again..."

When Stroke Struck

An unexpected phone call from my brother Osa woke me from deep slumber. Our mother suffered a stroke that left the right side of her body paralyzed...

Grave Choices Before Youngsters

In America where an individual must be licensed to perform the most basic of chores, parenting is hardly paid any attention...

Who is Unfit for Command?

The man who dodged combat and the bullet or the man who faced up to both for the Love of Country?

Presidential Hopeful At A Disadvantage…

Journalists asking Kerry to be more forthcoming about what he wants to do and how he wants to do it are indirectly helping to deflate Kerry‘s balloon, giving undue advantage to Bush...

Fahrenheit 911

When you remember that good and evil are often two sides of the same coin, you have to understand why America is never going to be perfect...

The Winning Team

In 2000 and before then the world had no problems with America’s emergence as the only super power, but today, some nations are openly regretting that we no longer have the moribund Soviet Union as a counter force to America when they are driven to the wall because of America‘s excesses...

A Man Of Steel & Character

The only super power like Jesus was, in the Holy Trinity concept, had neither silver or gold nor military power. It had only two things, namely moral suasion and world consensus based on representation and participation...

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The Antecedence and Aftermath of Change

Today, if the dead were to be alive, and the living activists were to reflect on the journey of building an egalitarian society, there is no doubt in my mind that they will in unison offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving...

Supreme Court Silence: A Judgment Without Words?

The silence of Nigeria’s Supreme Court over the Certified...

“The Ironies of Freedom: Nigeria’s Happy Slaves”

In the heart of Africa lies a nation brimming...

Is Nigeria Working?

If Nigeria is working, we will know! Those were the...

This Obasanjo sef

Since President Jonathan is still in hibernation, scared stiff of even his own shadow, and as it is becoming clear that he has no proper control of our State security apparatus, Obasanjo decided to take matters into his own hands and perhaps begin to unravel this boko killers menace...

Osun APC, Let Reason Prevail!

Let me start by making a categorical statement: this intervention is not aimed...

Fela's Music Galvanise Protests Against Fuel Subsidy Removal In Nigeria

Even in death, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was larger than life. “I no be gentleman at all oh. I no be gentleman at all oh,” sang an angry wave of protesters among tens of thousands at the Gani Fawehinmi Park...

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving President Yar’Adua an Opportunity to Govern in the Autumn

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

Destroying Ibadan

Why would OBJ fight for the unity of Nigeria between 1966 and 1970, only to preside over its systematic disintegration between 1999 and 2007?

Election Observation Report: Osun State Gubernatorial Elections, August 9 2014

On Saturday 9 August 2014, the people of Osun State went to the polls to elect a Governor for the next four years. Expectations were high, fears of violence and intimidation had already been built up before this date and different stakeholders had made pronouncements of decisive processes...