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...

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...

Picador Africa: New Voice launched in London

It was a summer evening and the atrium soon filled with men clad in the almost obligatory linen suits, tan, blue, grey and green and women in jewel-coloured light summery dresses. I was in the right place...

All In America!

A lot of what is happening in this country, including the good, the bad, and the ugly also do occur in some other countries...

Election in South Africa

“Politics is business. If we vote somebody in today, tomorrow he will be driving a posh car whereas the people are suffering. My one vote can’t make a difference. So, why bother?”

Ronald Reagan: An Introspective

He may have acted in true spirit in some cases, but in most others, his actions were questionable. To be called greatest, is to be impeccable in some specific ways and I don’t exactly see that in Reagan...

Journey Home

When we landed in Lagos, the passengers applauded loudly, although it was unclear if it was the efficiency of the pilot, or the sheer relief of being back home that was being acknowledged. My neighbour nudged her son excitedly and said “ See, we are in Africa, beautiful Africa...”

Marriages Fading With The Sunset Among Nigerians In America

How do these folks plan to spend their last years? Will they relish being without someone they can trust, rely on and/or possibly discuss memories with?

The Future is Orange

As the six authors posed for photographs holding their books, the magnitude of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's achievement struck me. She looked almost incongruous, out of place - this young black woman in the line up of largely white middle-aged women...

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We Always Mean Well for the Country, But NOT for the People!

Please, let’s get something right. There’s no leader who...

Pledge To Nigera My Country

Does this mean I have lost hope in Nigeria? God forbid! Then why are my mad? I am mad at the present directionless, disjointed system and its operators; mad at the pseudo, largely contested entity called the Nigerian state, together with its equally artificial copy-cat institutions that are as weak as they are cosmetic...

NIGERIA: IMF comes with depressing forecast of lower productivity and higher inflation

IMF has advised Nigeria to devalue her currency, Naira, without giving a logical reason for the advice. For a currency that is already weakened by rising inflation to be devalued is for Nigeria to be inviting economic woes voluntarily...

Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (1)

To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level...

Any Hope for a Black British Prime Minister?

It is easy to imagine the discomfort suffered by many in Britain following Barack Obama’s historic victory who had to endure a debate in the national media, about the prospects of such a replication in Britain...

The Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq

After six years of engagement in a contentious war in Iraq, there appears to have been a re-think about the military intervention in that country...

An Oputa Panel for the Niger Delta Crisis

My sympathies go to the relations, families, friends and well wishers of those who have lost their lives in the Niger Delta crisis. These include both the solders and the indigenes of the Niger Delta area...

Mourning My Country

I beg the readers of this piece to excuse...

Monkey Pepper Soup

Come on, Harry, It's a dog eat dog world. Just as America occasionally feasts on lesser nations, we eat lesser creatures. Try the monkey pepper soup. It's unbeatable.

Greece -v- Nigeria in Bloemfontein – A Tale of Two Average Teams

Stop whining about vuvuzelas everyone. In the stadium the noise is not so bad. It is only when little kids blow them in your ear at shops, restaurants and airports that it gets annoying. For years people have played drums, guitars and trumpets at stadiums, thrown toilet roll, bananas, beer, human excreta and coins, yet vuvuzelas are suddenly public enemy number one?