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...

An Open Letter To All Nigerians Living Abroad

Fellow Nigerians, there is nothing wrong with our land. It is rich, vast and fertile. Human beings have the ability to create ways to live better and even change the environment to suit their needs and wants. Amalgamation of the country is not our real problem...

Life Is Interesting In Texas

When you sit beside a middle-aged Texan in the economy section of an average-sized plane for fifteen minutes, you will have learned how strong she stood in the face of the breast cancer that took the lives of her mother and great-aunt. Not only that, you will also have realized that her lying cheating piece-of-sh*t ex-husband is currently fighting for custody of their youngest daughter...

Ashimi Nimota Bukola: Making Nigeria Proud in Germany

A strange thing happened to her days after appearing in newspapers when people waved to her on the street and referred to her as the Nigerian actress. At her local grocery in Konstanz, people now offer to pick the bills!

The Spanish Crisis from an Immigrant point of view

Spain, to my own view as an immigrant living here for the past one decade, is specially created by God as the Galilee for the world people to see and feel the beauty of nature...

A Tale of Two Black Cities

Welcome to Kigali, Black man’s cleanest capital city; a city synonymous with death in modern world history. From Kigali in 1994, orders were issued that mandated the elimination of ten percent of the population, the minority Tutsi...

A Tale of Two Black Cities

Welcome to Kigali, Black man’s cleanest capital city; a city synonymous with death in modern world history. From Kigali in 1994, orders were issued that mandated the elimination of ten percent of the population, the minority Tutsi...

My thoughts on the immigration debate in America

America is a generous country. Anyone who denies this is not honest. This country, despite its many contradictions, is more welcoming of immigrants than any country on earth...

Nigerian High Commission Versus NIDO-Malaysia: Threat Of Mass Arrest Of Members

The last may not have been heard about the simmering crisis between the Nigeria High Commission, Malaysia, under the headship of Ambassador Peter Anegbeh and the Executives of the Non-governmental Organization of Nigerians in Diaspora, NIDO Malaysia, in the South-East Asian country...

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Nigeria For Sale: The Insult Of Babangida/Odili And Saraki Presidential Ambitions

This is the time to sensitise the Nigerian electorate to the risks in electing Babangida-Odili to even act as road-diggers or dog-catchers for Nigeria. Open your eyes; use your ears and use your brains!

Kissing and Telling…Maybe on Monday!

After three years of romantic wilderness, of friends-with-benefits and of touch-and-go…This could lead somewhere…it could, if…Sadly, there is a snag...

Wole Soyinka on the Debts Nigerians Owe Nigeria

Soyinka is denigrating and ridiculing Nigeria before foreign audiences. It is my strong belief that Soyinka is engaging in a campaign against Nigeria and doing a disservice to Nigerians...

Solitude And Melancholy 1: God Give Us Men!

God give us men who will hear your words and not use your words as a camouflage to becloud people’s judgments and inspire loyalty. God give us men, men who have honor, men who will not lie…men whom the spoils of the office cannot buy even when it is “Ghana Must Go” bags...

Ohakim as Imo Governor: The Pains Behind The Pay!

Governor Ohakim assumed office with such pomp and panache that reinvigorated hopes and enthusiasm in the minds of Imo people who had been cruelly short-changed in the immediate past; but the present nostalgic feeling of that forgettable past is a testament that the governor has performed more in words than in action...

On This Valentine’s Day Just Tell Me You Love Me

For several years now, the cost of love has been discouraging me from falling in love again. It is because of the cost of love that I have been running away from Oyinbo girls. Holy Moses, they want this and that and more...

Africa: Blair Is Too Late!

Blair, now in the twilight of his tenure and at the jaws and manacles of history, suddenly seeks to redeem himself with a loud, but clearly hollow and pretentious eleventh hour advocacy for Africa!

The Need For The Electoral Crimes Commission

The truth is that when someone stole an election and benefited from its fruits without any sanctions extended to him after he was caught, others are encouraged and emboldened to do even worse in order to have the 'key' to the state treasury...

Solutions to Nigeria’s Food Agricultural Problems

The way to provide the most effective lasting solution to Nigeria's food problems is what this post is all about...

The Free Readers Club

Of great interest is the newspaper reading trend which has been in existence in various nooks and crannies of Nigeria. It is jokingly called the The Free Readers Club...