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 Social Revolution Of Nigeria (3)

An Open Letter to Nigerians in the Diaspora V

Life In America: San Ysidro Windsong

My friend, the blonde one teases me about carrying my passport. She doesn't have to worry, she is a pretty blonde American, she will travel the world naked and American marines will die defending her right to be naked. I am a different issue altogether. I am American on paper. And I am black.

Eye Candy

Why do Africans go back home and then call it a vacation when the whole point of a vacation is to escape from home?

The Struggle Continues…

It is assumed that Nigerians abroad do menial work, suffer, get oppressed, derided, and barely scrape a living. Well, all that and much more!

Goat Meat Made In America

If you're really desperate to locate a Nigerian in the Washington area, hang around the African Food Farmers' Market...

Vegetable Medley Quiche

Hot roast of pork sandwich with mashed potatoes...They caught and killed the pig already so you don't have to worry about that...

We Thank God

Life in Nigeria is so precarious and unstable that people are scared that saying things are fine may be tempting fate, in other words, an invitation to disaster.

Piccadilly Circus

Fear has shattered the myth of brotherhood among Nigerians in London...

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The Great Debate over Syria: The Truth of the Matter and the Untruth in the matter (3)

Untruth, no matter with what dexterity it is spoken and for how long, its glamorous colours will fade. Then, the liar develops shifting eyes as he or she loses honour and dignity...

The ATIKU-lated, The BAT-ified and The OBI-dient

This title of ours, no doubt, needs some disambiguation,...

The people of Anambra State have spoken: Now let's get to work!

The possibility that Anambra State might live up its motto: The light of the Nation - is emerging. The politics of Anambra State might spearhead the revitalization of Nigeria's polity...

Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria: How Effective?

It appears to me that many Nigerian leaders do not understand what it takes to alleviate the suffering of the poor masses of the country. Their programmes for poverty alleviation can hardly build people’s lives and provide them with better living conditions...

As Democracy Is Backtracked In Nigeria!

It is impossible to control government if you have no idea of what government is.  Today what people generally see as “Government” in Nigeria is not a government at all...

Chains of Deception: How Nigeria’s Political Elite Ensnare the Masses!

Once upon a time, hope burned bright in Nigeria....

Distinguished Senator or Fugitive?

The members of the upper legislative house have been literally sitting on the horns of a dilemma since one of their number, Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello representing Ogun senatorial district, choose to vote with her feet rather than take the path of honour...

They Fly, We Die

Two recent conversations reminded me of the extent to...

Before They Chase Us Out Of Rivers

The fight in Rivers State, which Amaechi is fighting, should not been seen as his lone fight, but a fight for a true Rivers State...

The Apotheos-ification of Nigerian Leaders and Political Elites

A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and, at times god-like public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. A cult of personality is similar to hero worship...