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...

Emeka Okafor: For a moment like this

I am as proud as any Nigerian can be in the rising fortunes of our son, Emeka Okafor who has started his epic journey into the Basket Ball Hall of Fame in America in much the same way like the one and only Akeem Olajuwon...

To Nigeria and back in 7-days

The stagnation of resource improvement in Nigeria is a result of poor leadership, mortgaged integrities, and non-conformances to high personal ethics. Leadership does not only serve as the driver of all other actions, but also as the gubernators of all other effective management methodologies...

The Best Way to Help Africa is to Leave it Alone

Africa should be left alone because the history of Western influence and intervention has been on the balance overwhelmingly negative, beginning with the missionaries who wanted to help the “poor, sad and hungry people of Africa” to the aid-industry which followed it...

Approaching Genocide: Did We Learn Nothing From Rwanda?

Some of the people in Africa and other third-world countries adopt brutal savagery as a means of making their point or establishing their reign but those of us who disapprove of such barbarism in the twentieth century must do something when we see the signs of such approaching mayhem...

On Being ‘Foreign’- (Huh To My Accent, Love My Kinky Hair)

Just do me one little favor...don’t make any assumptions about me, and I will accord you the same respect.

Essays From Exile: Digital World, Analog Planet

Hope rises out of Africa like fresh steam out of a piping hot bowl of rice and stew. I rise to salute the courageous men and women that toil in the private sector and actually flourish under conditions that would be unacceptable in the West...

Al Sharpton Has Proved He Can Transform Himself And America

Discrimination is still a long way from being ended in God's own country and Leader of the Free World. That is the bad News. The good News is that America has come a long, long way in seeking racial equality, and has arguably done a far better job in that regard than any other country in this planet...

The Damage Controller-in-Chief

George W. Bush knows that for him to win in November he needs to urgently address the three important "M" in American Politics, namely Money, Message and Momentum. He is aware he is currently losing the last two, but has more than won the first "M" which is cash...

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KO is OK with Ambassador Plenipotentiary & Extraordinary

They no longer make politicians like Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe,...

Happy Thanksgiving

We do not set a special day aside to reduce the turkey population of my nation, and complain of obesity the next morning...

Beyond 6-3-3-4: A Recipe For The Education System In Nigeria

With the highly mouthed no-nonsense academic climate in our tertiary schools, it has been conclusively recorded that our teachers in these schools are not insulated from the rot that has taken over the system of education in Nigeria. So it is not uncommon to see lecturers double as booksellers...

Ganges River: Concerns, commitments and connections with the wider world

Rivers are symbols of the flow of life. That in itself embodies typical resources of spirituality and divinity that establish and sustain virtues of ethical economy of life. With that given statement, the Indian Ganges River comes to mind...

An African Wife/Husband Without African Values (2)

Will Diaspora Nigerian women and men be better off marrying Chinese, Japanese, Jews, Germans, Americans or Europeans instead of fellow Nigerians?

Is President Jonathan Intellectually Challenged?

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's demeanour is somewhat less presidential than should be expected. He has achieved greatness by providential streak of goodluck which is rare in the African political history, a dark history...

Sadiq Khan has Made History In the United Kingdom

The recent electoral victory of Sadiq Khan in London,...

When Passion Overshadows Knowledge: The Amaechi Example

With the successes recorded so far in the Transportation...

The Sorry House of Tribune

It was such a surprise to me when I returned home during the general elections of 2011 and my father announced proudly that he had stopped buying Tribune! If you do not know, this is an equivalent to the Ford family using a Toyota car!

Nigeria: Arms Procurement and Its Diplomatic Implications

In recent weeks, it’s been a kind of "Jaw...