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...

The Masters of Mayhem

There’s nothing we don’t sell on the telephone now. Prescription drugs, guns, assassins for hire, US visas… As long as it brings in a couple of Dollars, we’re into it...

A Bearded Poet Does Harare

We must find pride again in our culture. We must find fun in our healthy games, magic in our stories, strength in our tight family bonds, joy in the midst of all the problems caused by the haste with which our societies were modernised...

Encounter with an American Witch

This is Raheema calling from Hollywood Hereafter Resources. I just wanted to let you know that we have reserved a free burial space for you at the New Island Cemetery...

African Writers Gather in London

“I can’t write about Princess Diana, as I never met her or moved in those circles. I write about university graduates working as cab drivers and issues like that”

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Wonder what business I had in court? No, I'm not getting deported. Not yet (ha ha!). I got another traffic ticket...

Only A Short Walk…

In London, when a helpful old English woman says “It’s ten minutes walk”, put on your jogging shoes…

Morning Sickness

There is a killer out there. You never know where he is going to strike next. The death toll is increasing by the day. I really don’t feel like going to work today…

Instant Messenger

You should never use your real name online. There are cyber witches and wizards crawling on our village network and they can use your name for medicine...

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The Path to Sustainable Economic Stability

As we navigate the complex and evolving economic landscape,...

What If Atiku Becomes President?

The power play in Nigeria is beginning to jar the nerves and jolt the sensibilities of the vice presidential camp. Some hold on to the view that the vice-president was a little out of line to openly criticize an administration of which he is an integral part…

“When You Fight Corruption, It Fights Back” – Ribadu

To understand the grossness of the injustice currently being perpetrated against former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, one has to appreciate the depth of his achievements...

Special Report: A Nightmare so Real…

How impregnable is America, really?

48 Years Of Nigeria’s Underdevelopment: A Fruit Of Failed And Recycled Policy!

Even if our governments are not the only ones that are bad, they have ranked low for decades on most international comparisons of corruption, state failure, red tape, lawlessness and dictatorship...

My Vote For Subsidy Removal

Last Saturday, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan addressed Nigerians for the second time in as many weeks. This time, he attempted a multi-pronged defense of his decision to remove fuel subsidy. It was a woeful failure...

Re-Thinking Democracy

My fervent contention is that in unorganised societies, especially in Afro-Asian states, democracy is no longer a viable political system...

Very Scary State Of Affairs

Duane you have to stop this. I am not your girlfriend, I can't go out with you, and I am not even sure we are friends...

Some Brothers Do Have ‘Em

I know why those Kenyan brothers live longer, they love life and seem to have perfected the art of modern polygamy...

Stop the fireworks at capital market probe

The Government, again, must revive the nation’s economy by creating an enabling environment for more Nigerian businesses, particularly Small and Medium Enterprises to get listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in order to access relatively cheap funds for growth and expansion...