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...

President Obasanjo and his Critics

Some Nigerian-related websites and newspapers are replete with two-kobo columnists pretending to criticize the president and his official policies when all they do is dish personal attacks and insults...

Envy of the World

Today I am in the business of identifying some of the men and women that shape America with their brains and talents and the power of their pen. I simply want to explore the role of the News Media in making the new Canaan the envy of the world...

A Little Self-Honesty

So you have now been in America awhile. Your child is enrolled in the local public school. You are now employed and possibly enrolled in school with hopes of improving your family finances. Everything looks good…except that your child just doesn't seem to be going along with the plan...

The Pros & Cons Of American Politics

Every time I think about contemporary American Politics and her Hip-hop Culture, I see nothing but the efficacy of the American Constitution and the Rule of Law, Capitalism at its best, Democracy at work, Freedom for all...

Why America Has To Be Seen And Accepted As The New Canaan Or The Promised Land

Even though, some people will tell you there is nothing better than home, my cumulative experience has shown me there can be a few places arguably better than home, and the new Canaan is decidedly one of them, if you ask for my honest opinion...

Why We Must Succeed Wherever We Are

The case of Nigeria is deeply saddening because the nation is not being destroyed by a natural disaster or by a military invasion by outsiders, rather it is irrationally destroyed by the very people who reside in it with the collaboration of external players who continue to eat the rotting flesh of the great blind and mute elephant of Africa.

From Grace to Grass and from a Field Marshall to a Spiderman

Those who argue that the World would never be the same again following the horrors of 9/11 in the Year 2001, cannot be more correct. That tragedy was an important watershed in world history, and more so for the shining City on the Hill, and the leader of the Free World...

The War on Terrorism — Does America Deserve Our Help?

The dominant feeling in Third World countries is that "Against the better judgment of the world America created this mess -- let them clean it up." It shouldn't be so...

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Some June 12, For Sure!

June 12, 1993 was that almost impossible day in the horizon of a country that had been written off as a colonially-induced tragedy of the worst kind; a date that happened, as they say in football, against the run of play...

Babangida’s Naked Dance And Nigeria’s 2011 Vote !

For developed nations, democracy means majority, whether there is opposition or no opposition. But Nigeria's case insinuating Babangida's 2011 presidency aspiration can be all about monerity...

An Open Letter to the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)

Armed militancy may have won us some concessions from the central government, but when everywhere we look, our villages and towns have turned into ghost towns, our people carry scars inflicted by their own sons...

Africa And The Glorious Church: The Era Of The Gentiles

Perhaps these are the End Times. The signs are all there. There are strife, earthquakes, wars and rumours of wars, bombings and bombings without end, fear,  hunger and uncertainty.

Mohamed Bouazazi As Man Of The Year, Catalyst For Global Justice Protests

Mr. Bouazazi's supreme sacrifice illustrated his extreme agitation, aggravation and frustration caused by the anti-people government of Tunisia at that time...

Sexual Preferences

Sexual taste will continue to be a controversial issue. The question is, are we better than those who choose sexual preferences different from ours?

Buhari Dead Serious about Corruption: “Masu Gudu Su Gudu” (Run if you Must)

Updated version: Goodluck Jonathan gave one of the most shameful...

Picking Your Self Up Off The Floor Starts With 0

Twice a week for three freaking hours, I had to sit in a room and look into the faces of people just like me - except they were not me.  I had to look at my failures dead in the eye and face them.  If I had a gun, I would have gladly put a bullet in my head...

Governor Murtala Nyako and Journalists: God Forgive Nyako

After reading Dr. Reuben Abati’s article on Governor Murtala Nyako and the press, I feel very sorry for the governor of Adamawa State...

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination...