Travel & Leisure

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (2)

According to the World Tourism Organization, tourism generates over $1 trillion in exports annually, creating millions of jobs and stimulating local economies. Be that...

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1)

Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The country’s...

Princewills Trust: Second Batch Winners set to hit Dubai

Winners of the 2022 edition of the Princewills Trust Vision and Success Opportunity Challenge have just departed for a one-week all-expense-paid Bootcamp and tour...

Oju Elegba

What has evolved to become a main stay, a household name, and a popular town in Nigeria, is not without its roots...

Tales from the ‘Jungle’

“We are just living in a jungle” Bayo said as we drove through the stadium flyover underpass on our way to Adeniran Ogunsanya Street in the Surulere area. He has been driving taxis in Lagos for about 18 years and according to him has seen it all...

Southbound To The Sunshine State!

During the first week of summer when hotel accommodations were a tad more affordable, we loaded the Minivan and headed South to the sunshine state to revisit some of our old stomping grounds. Tampa! Fort Myers! Naples! Fort Lauderdale! Miami! Orlando! Ready or not, here we come!

Southbound To The Sunshine State!

During the first week of summer when hotel accommodations were a tad more affordable, we loaded the Minivan and headed South to the sunshine state to revisit some of our old stomping grounds. Tampa! Fort Myers! Naples! Fort Lauderdale! Miami! Orlando! Ready or not, here we come!

Nigerian Dreams and Nightmares

I blame cable television and general misinformation for the rampant myth in Nigeria that all Americans are wealthy. That African American men all walk around in yards of clothing rapping to themselves about drugs, women and guns...

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Trying Tinubu

As a founding member of NADECO, Tinubu was forced into exile in 1994, only to return to the country after Abacha kicked the bucket in mid 1998.  Like the rest of us, the man has his baggage.  In fact, he has his aplenty...

S’Africa’s continual maltreatment of Nigerians

The recurring and unwarranted diplomatic fireworks were obviously sparked again, by South Africa, otherwise called the Rainbow Nation, when it repatriated 125 Nigerians upon landing in Johannesburg weeks ago. For all intents and purposes, the fresh affront on Nigeria was infuriating, unprovoked...

Meeting Olu Agbesua

It is true that most of us in Diaspora may not even be registered to vote at home. But we still can do a lot to influence what goes on in our State and country by giving moral and financial support to worthy and deserving candidates...

Open Letter to President Buhari: Please Resign and Let Nigeria Exhale

Your Excellency Sir, There are no better ways to say...

Oyebamiji: The Man, The Politics And The Aspiration

By Oluseyi Olonade Every political epoch produces individuals whose entry...

Dan Brown’s Universe Of The Turning Wheel

We are already reaping the disastrous consequences of Anti-Christ literature as we helplessly watch youngsters shoot their class-mates, parents and innocent passers-by...

When the foundation of the Nigerian State is faulty, what can the poor masses do?

Nigeria has been facing constitutional crisis since independence in...

The Police and the People

History has its funny ways. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad...

Rivers The Admirable Security Achievements

Governor Chibuike Amaechi's speedy response through a television broadcast quelling the minds of the residents on the explosion which nearly sent the residents packing does not only require commendation, but has taught the residents that the governor was not ruling the state from abroad...

An Evening with Chris Gardner In Abuja

Chris Gardner warns that unemployment and lack of money are a major threat that make people break their marriage vows. It's as though 'love is not enough' when marriage and raising a family is concerned...