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...

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...

John Kerry's Presidency

If you think Al Gore was stiff, you ain't seeing nothing yet until you see John Kerry...

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Anti-Graft War In Nigeria: In Need of Reward or Review?

President Umaru Yar'Adua's efforts to combat corruption in this country have not been sufficient enough to justify receiving an award for anti-graft campaigning...

How Black Magic Is Under-developing Sub-Saharan Africa

Black magic is partly responsible for the near emptiness of our rural areas especially in West and Central Africa as modern day economic refugees and cultural migrants flee the stranglehold of black magical powers in their villages for the urban comfort of anonymity...

Media in politics: The Tinubu example

“The world is a complex place, and the influence...

The Untold Story Of The Niger Delta Agitation

In every community we visited, we heard people speak about the adverse effects that oil exploration and production has had on their livelihood. People's food sources depend on the same natural resources that are destroyed by polluting oil operations...

A Falling Out of Thieves or Old Men Behaving Badly?

Obasanjo and Babangida are birds of the same bloody feathers. They are both rogues in power, or as the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang, Vagabonds In Power, and I am not mincing my words, though I know, according to our traditions and culture, we should respect our elders/leaders. But elders must also respect their juniors too. Leaders must learn to follow too...

Racism Redefined: The Rest Of America Is Darkness, But For The History Of Africa

Today, we are here recording the Rebirth of pride; the Rebirth of a lost civilization; the Rebirth of superiority of Africans, even after many years of being deliberately shrouded in perceived absolute crime, ignorance, childlike innocence, and shameless rot...

Nigeria: Campaigns of Religion and Ethnicity

Politics is the soul of leadership and the art...

Leadership 101: Bullies Are Not Leaders

Leadership is an important element in a democratic institution, where change is the norm. In fact, the power of a leader in a democratic system being derived from the people can only be sustained if the people’s support is cultivated...

$10 Billion Darkness: Obasanjo’s Expensive Gift To Nigerians

Any probe that fails to unearth how U$10 billion could only purchase us darkness instead power supply that would have illuminated our lives would be useless...

The Nigerian Market Place

I recently watched an American football game in a large stadium filled with sport loving Americans. The excitement and passion I saw on everyone’s face strained me in trying to understand the game. The referee blew his whistle almost every 10 seconds...