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...

Are You Loving Your Child or Raising a Brat?

A typical American child of a typical American parent cannot be raised entirely on the basis of African culture simply because the parent is a diplomat or immigrant in an African society. The same goes for an African parent and an African child in a country in the western world.

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.

Cloning and the Rest of Us

I wonder why these scientists and researchers have not been able to find out how the stem cells can help cure millions of Africans infected with the HIV/AIDS...

Life In America: Ring Around The Roses

"Daddy! Daddy!" she shrieked, "The bus ride was bumpy!" Man, I really would have loved a bumpy bus ride to my primary school, FIVE miles from what passed as my home...

Ring! Ring!

A voice on the phone in the middle of the night: Call Nigeria! Call home! Call Now!

This Place We Call Home

We need to go back to the way we were raised. We learnt respect for our elders, obedience and the value of a good upbringing. Above all, we learnt about the important things in life...

The Baby Died…

If you hear tomorrow that I've been struck down by lightning, here's why...

Life in America: Rising Sun

My father died for somebody's dream of one Nigeria. Every morning he would go out to fight. And every morning my mother would cry. One day my father did not return, felled by the bullets of the thug that has Ikeja International Airport named after him. I am the new warrior, ashes born of the massacre in Asaba...

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A Witness to these Times…Conversation with Akin Adesokan (1)

"My writing is an attempt to bear an honest witness to my time, to the experience I have as a human being, as a Nigerian, as an African. The African experience – slavery, wars, colonialism, diseases, neo-colonialism..." - Akin Adesokan

Their Secret Plan

On TV, young people who ought to be in school are being paraded as crime suspects… Meanwhile, the children of our leaders are seen in society magazines at graduation ceremonies in American and British universities…

Thank you Rotimi Amaechi…

When I met Governor Rotimi Amaechi, I was, in the words of an anonymous writer, looking down. When I left him, however, I was looking up. Besides the notorious or infamous aftermath of the election that justifiably retained him as the Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, news of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s sense of humanity and love has filtered in very recently...

The Great White Throne Judgment

This is the scene that separates the wicked dead forever. It comes after the millennium reign and rule of Jesus Christ here on earth. It is the final judgment of the dead who have been held in Hell since the time of Adam till the commencement of the millennial governance of the earth by Christ...

The Zik Mausoleum At Onitsha Needs Attention

A boon companion has just taken me to Onitsha,...

Peeking Into the Mind of President Yar’Adua

God, some maintain, made it possible for Yar’Adua and Jonathan Goodluck to be where they are today. I personally do not think that God has anything to do with the matter. What influence does God have in Nigeria? Who listens to God in Nigeria?

Africans: Like Parrots They Imitate the West?

Certain aspects of the western culture are good and may be copied. Nevertheless, it is shocking to see some Africans abandon, in whole scale, their Africanness...

The Power of a Christian Response

Today, the news is not filled with the reminiscences of Jos or its tranquility but with mindless killings and destructions...

Deities Tabernacled In Human Flesh

In several instances in his First Letter, Apostle John...

Death Without Notice – Cardiac Arrest

While the world is trying to come to terms with the surreal and unfortunate passage of the legendary Music and entertainment Icon, Michael Jackson, it is imperative to give a thought to how these kinds of incidents can be medically and preventatively managed...