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...

Interracial Relationships are Normal in Wales

It was my first time in Cardiff, Wales. And I hadn't been back in the United Kingdom since I was a kid. My childhood...

A Synopsis of How Trump Won A divisive Election in US

"You Asked For It" - A popular TV shows in the 80s. This brief message goes to this writer, the American press and other Democrats...

Concussion (2015 film) is a Nigerian

Poser: How many Hollywood movies have been made about the lives and achievements of Nigerians who have made one impact or the other on...

As We Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Memorial Day

In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s day celebration on Monday, January 18th, 2016, It is imperative to allay the fears of Nigerians...

Being an African in America Circa 2014

I am a Nigerian who has been living in America since I could spell the words “puberty” and “adolescence;” I am therefore more than...

Diaspora Scam

If your e mail address is accessible on the internet, you must be tired of reading varieties of spam mails on a daily basis...

Nigerians In America: How (NOT) To Raise Our Children

What obtains in Nigeria obtains in the US, albeit with slight modifications.  You do not need monkey-like summersaults before raising your child in God’s ways.  You cannot allow your children to be so spoilt to the point that they become incorrigible and constitute permanent liability to you...

An Epidemic: Nigerian Men Killing Their Nurse Wives in the US

It often comes to Nigerian men living in the US as a rude shock when their wives become the household’s bread winner.  Having been accustomed to the docility, domestication, subjugation and outright terrorization of women back home in Nigeria, many Nigerian men are astounded when their wives assert their financial, behavioral and social independence...

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Nigeria's Iron lady: Dr.Okonjo-Iweala – Do not heap all the blames on her

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a patriot with nerve of steel and to her, Nigeria’s potential can be harnessed for the country’s greatness.   Okonjo-Iweala plays an important and critical role in President Jonathan's economic team...

How Nigeria will develop!

We live in an age of science and technology. Nigeria can be powerful and advanced, only if it will become scientifically advanced and technically well-developed...

Ademiluyi’s 40th memorial

On Saturday, September 20, 2025, family and friends celebrated...

My Covid-19 Experience

I had an experience over the Christmas holidays that...

Abstinance Vs. Protection in Nigeria

Are we as a nation still naïve enough to believe that our teenagers and even adults will abstain from sex because their teachers tell them to, or because of a few ads on television?

Open Letter to Protesters

I have written this because of my awareness of the attendant risks in the society we live in and the fragility of human life. Don't be a dead hero, martyrdom is generally overrated...

Ohakim as Imo Governor: The Pains Behind The Pay!

Governor Ohakim assumed office with such pomp and panache that reinvigorated hopes and enthusiasm in the minds of Imo people who had been cruelly short-changed in the immediate past; but the present nostalgic feeling of that forgettable past is a testament that the governor has performed more in words than in action...

2nd Niger Bridge: Boon, Bait and Boondoggle

Amidst prevailing weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, news...

ABUJA: Capital of Nigeria or Northern Nigeria? (3)

What about the government? How should they spend the money in their custody? Just like private investors, every government has limited resources, as a result, it is faced with the same problem of choosing which projects to embark on behalf of the citizens...

Of Protests and Riots

Though often used interchangeably, a protest is different from...