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...

The Writer and the Global Frontier

A lot of us will never live fully in Africa again. Many people in my daughter’s generation will probably grow up with only the idea of Africa...

The Writer and the Global Frontier (2)

A lot of us will never live fully in Africa again. Many people in my daughter’s generation will probably grow up with only the idea of Africa...

Fire Is An African God

You're from Africa and you've never seen a lion?

The Largesse of His Excellency

If ever there was a case of money in search of an idea, it is the Abdulsalami A. Abubakar Distinguished Lecture Series!

There They Go Again: Carpetbaggers' Diaspora Organ

It is funny that a government that does not adequately attend to the ordinary needs of its citizens...is pretending to organize people whose presence in America, Europe and elsewhere is by and large a result of the failure of the Nigeria state.

A Curious Christmas Gift

I believe the boy must have been happy to be in London. He was maybe too young to hate Nigeria, but young enough to know the deliciousness and freedom of a new experience...

Stranger In A Strange Town

In Nigeria, you don't have to call ahead to tell a friend or neighbor you're coming over. You just knock on the door and they let you in.

Season of Migration to the West: A Reaction to the Guardian

Nigerians remain the most educated ethnic group in America, much sought after and well-compensated by employers because of their focus and dedication to work.

Don't miss

Kilimanjaro

No one in my village has climbed Kilimanjaro before although rumour has it that some witches did a symposium there in 2003. One cannot authenticate their claims so to all intents and purposes, na Babawilly first reach Kilimanjaro from Ukuagbe Village...

Coming to America (2)

Handling visiting relatives is as dangerous as handling a scorpion.  Yes, I understand that most don’t know how the system work and need a little guidance in getting around and doing things - but the ones that refuse to listen and claim to be I-Too-Know in all things American - those ones are just plain annoying...

Internet, Netizens and Nascent Cupidity

We've got post-modern crimes and criminals and post-modern fraud and fraudsters; post-modern poverty and post-modern opulence. There are post-modern athletes and post-modern entertainers, post-modern thinkers and post-modern writers. There are out there post-modern builders and post-modern wreckers as well, post-modern homosexuals and post-modern heterosexuals...

My advice to President Jonathan

I know you know that the prosperity of your fellow Nigerians, though hard fought, is less fulfilling knowing there is so much more that can be done to alleviate poverty and suffering inside Africa...

Amina, Sambisa, and the Parable of a Wobbly Nigeria

A peculiarly Nigerian type of frenzy happened last week....

The Niger Delta Today

It is no secret that the only thing that holds Nigeria together is the spoils from oil and gas. The story of Nigeria is the story of greed, excesses and corruption made possible by oil. Without oil, there would be no modern Nigeria...

Who Said Our Leaders Are Corrupt?

To date, our leaders determinedly continue to trivialize the madness of financial misappropriation and the long-term harm and hurt it unleashes on the destiny of Nigeria.  This wild-fire menace and monstrous cascade continues unhindered...

Jungle Justice, the Most Salient Sign of a Dysfunctional System: A Comparative Analysis of the Bakassi Boys and Aluu Community

Jungle justice has been defined as when a population, precisely an irate mob, takes it into their hands to execute punishment on alleged offenders of a heinous crime. The alleged culprit is hardly ever given the right to a fair hearing and the opportunity to defend himself before the sentence of death by burning and torture is handed down...

The Night I Met A Beautiful Angel

Let me today remember an Angel I once met...

2007 is Finally Gone…

The most poignant reminder of 2007 when it is reflected on years from now will be the avoidable wanton waste of life. Kidnappings and murder in the Niger Delta, people starving to death in refugee camps...