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 Smell From Washington

Corporate fraud in America is bringing down Bush’s public rating. If an attack on Iraq or the removal of Saddam Hussein will shoot it back up, why not go to war?

I, Alien

I write to commiserate with you as we approach the first anniversary of the harrowing events of September 11, 2001. I also write to share with you some of the fears that have made home in my heart since that dastardly morning. Things have changed sir…or madam…

Summer in America

The rest of the world ought to be intimidated and scared at the rate Nigerians are getting educated...

Suspicious Activity

Considering the fact that cultures are different and what may be acceptable where I come from may be frowned at where you come from, what can be termed suspicious?

Overcoming Powerlessness And Hopelessness

The circumstances under which Nigerians in the Diaspora live give me immeasurable agony and grief. The circumstance of living under colour prejudice, racial discrimination and social indignity is serious psychological torture.

Overcoming Powerlessness And Hopelessness (2)

The circumstances under which Nigerians in the Diaspora live give me immeasurable agony and grief. The circumstance of living under colour prejudice, racial discrimination and social indignity is serious psychological torture.

The Social Revolution Of Nigeria

An Open Letter to Nigerians in the Diaspora V

The Social Revolution Of Nigeria (2)

An Open Letter to Nigerians in the Diaspora V

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The Niger Delta: The Impending Military Assault

Historically, citizens of the Niger Delta have been a thorn on the flesh of pre and post-colonial Nigerian governments. Not a people to suffer injustice in silence, they have a history of political activism that dates back to the 18th century...

Are Nigerians United Against Corruption?

I have maintained in the past that I abhor corruption because of its consequences. You would think that all reasonable persons, especially Nigerians, are united against the corruption scourge, and therefore intently focused in the war against it?

If This Is Hatred, Nigeria Needs More of It!” — The Rising Ideology Against Failure

In a country staggering under the weight of endless...

The Nigeria in Kenya

Each day I walked the streets of Nairobi, listened to the radio, watched programmes on Kenyan television stations or read the Kenyan newspapers, the quantity and quality of resemblances between Nigeria and Kenya never ceases to amaze me...

Nigeria And Her Insincerity To True Nation Building

The absence or lack of political will to implement a true nation-building blue print was Nigeria's major nemesis, compounded by the fact that her past and present leadership have continued to pay lip service to the very important subject of nation building...

Yes, Mr. President, review the activities of CP, Abia State

It was supposedly in the words of Kalu that some policemen in Abia State are likely to be breaching the rights of individuals by arresting some journalists, thereby abusing their fundamental human rights...

Winning the fight against corruption

President Buhari has made the fight against corruption one...

Nigeria’s Economic Greatness: Possibilities and Opportunity In Waste!

Once again an already fragile national consciousness has been rattled, this time by the blunt remarks of some "right wing" politicians that describe this nation as “hopeless dean" habouring the lives of people with  conspicuous affluence...

Osama Is Dead At Last, Dead At Last, Thank God Almighty Osama Is Dead At Last?

President Obama announced the demise and disposal of Osama Bin Ladin a few days ago to a stunned world, and as I listened to Brian Lehrer's  radio show, one of his guests' comments cemented my feelings about the end of the Osama saga...

Looking for a Quick Fix? We must be kidding!

As we move closer to handover day to a...