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...

English is not my First Language

In trying to be grammatically correct in the English language, or to imitate the American accent, some of us who did not learn English as a first language deviate from the objectives of a conversation…

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...

His American Dream

How long have you been in America? More importantly, how long will you be in America?

What Have You Done For Me Lately?

We buy gifts for everybody when we go to Nigeria, but when they come to America with the adire and aso oke, they sell it to us. How would they feel if we asked them to pay for the Citizen wristwatch?

Nothing Going On But The Rent

Why do Nigerians visiting America get all judgmental about the way we live here? Don’t they pay bills in Nigeria? They don't? Ah, that explains why they never have electricity or water…

Africa's Day In Calgary (3)

Poor kid, probably thinking Africa is on another planet and you guys must have travelled in a space ship to get here…in my days as a child, all we knew about Africa were the animals…

Africa's Day In Calgary (1)

Poor kid, probably thinking Africa is on another planet and you guys must have travelled in a space ship to get here…in my days as a child, all we knew about Africa were the animals…

Africa's Day In Calgary (2)

Poor kid, probably thinking Africa is on another planet and you guys must have travelled in a space ship to get here…in my days as a child, all we knew about Africa were the animals…

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Critical Times, Revolutionary Times

I read Dr. Tunji Braithwaite’s treatise on the need for revolution in Nigeria. I propose, in this essay, provoked by his thoughts, to take national and global views on the subject...

Buhari and the Enemy Called Time

Last week, when he finally unveiled a partial list...

Nigeria 2015: Presidential Elections and Beyond

The need for a “new modern, united and prosperous...

The American South as Warning to the Nigerian North

Nigeria’s northern elite are clinging to a vocabulary of oil at a time when the national budgets of the oil states in the Arabian Gulf are evolving towards oil independence; at a time when Moloch Yaddie is in Brazil, a country that has left oil behind and now runs on ethanol; at a time when President Obama’s main agenda in office is to secure America’s independence from oil; at a time when China and India have also joined the race to a future without oil...

The Ibori Clan: Their Game Plan

Do you think journalists are better than other Nigerians? You must be naïve to think they were not paid by Ibori to kill the story. I know for a fact that at least ten million Naira exchanged hands on Thursday night, after your story came out. You guys talk about corruption, but when it concerns

journalists you look the other way...

Rail Transportation: A Solution To The Carnage On Our Roads

If Nigeria wants to connect all the major cities in Nigeria by a world-class rail network and excellent world-standard standard good roads within the next 10 years, I have no doubt in my mind that the money is there...

Nigeria Today Is Like A Yarn By Cyprian Ekwensi

All the demented facets of Nigerian life today, from...

Casalinda: Where Creativity Meets Culture

Casalinda offers a serene environment where culture and excellence meet in an African ambience...

Criticizing for a Purpose – Constructive Criticism

The education sector in most countries, including Nigeria, is typically under-funded or receives less funds and attention than it should, given that it is entrusted with producing those who will serve the nation...

Struggling To Understand Democracy

Our leadership are still struggling to understand democracy as...