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...

Disarming Iraq

The U.S. and Britain are responsible for cultivating Saddam Hussein by giving him political, military and financial support in the 1970s and 1980s...

Baby Father: A Letter To ‘Nifesimi

I have been told stories of men who ran screaming out of the labor room. I have heard also of those who passed out on the floor. Well, I did not run and I did not faint...

Of Fuel Cell and Selling Nigeria's Fuel

In the face of the deadlock in the Middle East, it has become clear to everyone in Washington that unless the US found an alternative to Oil, it would be stuck in the Middle East for a long time...

We Shall Overcome… Someday!

I have been to the mountaintops. I have seen my hope and I have refused to let go...

A Questionable and Objectionable New World Order

As for all those nations and opinion-makers who are silent as the American White House and President Bush bring about untold chaos, may your place in hell be the hottest...

A Perspective Not So Foreign

I felt the pain of September 11, but I didn't feel it as an American. Being Nigerian also, my perception is fatalistic in nature and we are accustomed to handling tragedy in a different way…

Obasanjo: A Namby-Pamby Appeal

Obasanjo is a president that is incapable of understanding basic fundamentals of problem solving. He portrays an impression of a traveller who cares less about the compass needed for his journey…

One Week in the Sun

I just told you my brother is sleeping with my wife. You want me to take him on a cruise? Is that some sort of reward for banging my wife?

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Beyond The Euphoria Of The Under-17 World Cup Triumph

It is really disheartening indeed that our youth football suffered for a period of fourteen years until this victory in Korea 2007...

State of the Nation: Free Readers Speak

'9ja is a typical case of the Biblical nation of Israel that only draws near to God in times of troubles, afflictions and dire need. When all is well, they forget all past woes and go AWOL like King Solomon with 1000 women. The man strong oh! Why didn't God strike him dead?'

My People Are Killing My People

Home is where you go to feel safe from the marauders. Home is where you go when the whole world is against you. For the Niger Delta to continue to be home, all the groups must look beyond the atrocities that were committed in the past and look to the future...

As Pope Francis goes home

The world has paid its respects to Pope Francis....

Nigeria Is Where the Heart Is

I have on occasions witnessed people sob, or become misty-eyed, when they speak of how much they miss friends and family and the community grew up in. They may grumble about this and that and about everything that is socially, politically and economically wrong with Nigeria; still, they'll tell you how much they miss home...

Dino’s Jungle of Thugs and Dogs

In seeking to knock this article into shape over...

Ekiti Beckons to the Judiciary for Justice

For the umpteenth time, the good people of Ekiti State await the judiciary to give them desired justice in the electoral disputation over the 2007 governorship election...

Who Said Our Leaders Are Corrupt? (2)

To label anyone corrupt in Nigeria today spurs an award-winning, honor-bestowing wining - and - dining event...

2011 General Elections: So Far, So Good

The just concluded 2011 general elections in Nigeria have been widely acclaimed to be successful but not without the usual problems, drama and controversies which characterize Nigeria’s elections since independence...

Abuja: Capital of Nigeria or Northern Nigeria?

If you are ever asked to name the capital of Nigeria and you mention Abuja, I am afraid to tell you that you would be wrong because Abuja is not the capital of Nigeria...