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...

Lost And Found Across The Atlantic

From Barcelona through Brussels and London, to New York, Washington D.C. and beyond Tokunbo Awoshakin paints a portrait of how Africans from different backgrounds arrive, struggle, fail or succeed in the cities and suburbs of Europe and America.

Preconditions and The Road Map to Peace in the Middle East

Chairman Arafat is known as the leader of the Palestinians and it is unfathomable for many leaders and nation-states to talk about solving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict without the involvement of Chairman Arafat...

Are Diaspora Nigerians Ashamed of Nigeria? Pt 2

After landing, we were not allowed to leave the plane for 4 hours. Passengers argued that we were being treated with neglect because the flight was from Africa and full of Nigerians…

Terror, Terrorists And Terrorism

It should be noted that in the modern era, the United States “invented” terrorism just that it preferred to name her actions “Covert Operations”

Leprosy and Ringworm

To build a nation, there is an inevitable need to build common values, common ethics and common morality...

Are Diaspora Nigerians Ashamed Of Nigeria?

Nigerians in the Diaspora are reluctant to say that they are from Nigeria. Some of us believe we could lose an interview, lose our honor, or perhaps get treated unfairly differently, if we identify with being a Nigerian...

I am NOT Anorexic

Okay, the truth is I suspect I may have some kind of problem...

Chaos Made Sovereign

It is our bestiality that matters to the civilised world, not our determination to overcome. Who is to blame?

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Preconditions and The Road Map to Peace in the Middle East

Chairman Arafat is known as the leader of the Palestinians and it is unfathomable for many leaders and nation-states to talk about solving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict without the involvement of Chairman Arafat...

2002: National Year Of Sovereign Conferences – 3rd Quarter Review

I am no longer interested in learning. I have done enough of reading for a lifetime. My children will read whatever remains to be read...

Will A Good Man in the Tinubu Epoch Please Stand Up?

There are very strong indicators that almost 90% of...

Tinubu’s Rivers Blitz: A Constitutional Crisis Unfolds, Democracy on the Edge

Nigeria is teetering on the brink of a constitutional...

Election Rigging And Other Atrocities: Obasanjo Is NOT Guilty.

Obasanjo has decided to turn the country upside down for being denied the opportunity to rule us till death. He has decided to get his revenge for not being allowed to own and run Nigeria like his private property...

Football as a Microcosm of Nigeria's National Problem

From all possible indications, it looks like Nigeria has crashed out of this year's world cup after losing two out of a possible three of the group matches. It seems the stage is set for the topping of the progressive degeneration of Nigerian football...

Jungle Justice in the Jungle

I have always been of the opinion that Lagos is the zenith in the comity of anarchic cities and if you can survive in Lagos, you can do so anywhere else. Alas, I was wrong. I am sorry to let Lagosians know they have no credible claim on chaos...

Amala Politics: The End

It’s no longer news that the Molete high chief is dead. The last time I saw Nigerians jubilating after the death of someone was when the death of Gen. Sani Abacha was announced and confirmed...

Oil Money In Nigeria’s Democracy

Despite the influx of an accumulated  $30 billion of crude revenue, the poor in Nigeria continue to languish without jobs, education, healthcare or the bare necessities of life, while the small percentage of rich mostly with their extorted money manage to get whatever luxuries they want...

Atiku, Ojukwu, Iwu, and the culture of expediency

The time has never been riper for the emergence of a formidable opposition force to dislodge the People's Democratic Party from power. Yet, there are disturbing signs, once again, that Nigeria’s opposition parties are looking for every means or opportunity to surrender to the PDP...