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...

American Thanksgiving: A Reflection for Nigeria

The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Peter Drucker “Good leaders don’t care about getting credit for good intentions but...

The Eviction of Donald Trump

If you don’t pay your rent, you get evicted from the house. Whether you are living in a face-me-I-face-you hellhole in Ajegunle or in the...

This is our Moment, this is our Time! 

For Record: In America, the people rule." - Joe Biden "There will be no blue states or red states when we win, only the United States...

Of Okuko Nti Ike and Similar Fates!

It sounded like a fire alarm, on a sinking ship. It was so insistent, that my head went temporarily into a shell-shock. The shrill...

The Power of Choice!

The last few days have been awash with bad news about the five Nigerians reportedly awaiting execution in the United Arab Emirates-UAE. It was...

A Compilation of BREXIT Opinions by some Nigerians in the UK

This is not an article, but an assortment of posts, comments and thoughts as expressed by a group of very intellectual and well-informed Nigerians...

Unclean Hands: The Growing Epidemic in Washington

Because cleanliness they say is next to godliness. In the 19th century the work of two important scientists, French microbiologist, Louis Pasteur whose Germ Theory...

Neo-slavery in Italy? The Conflicting Status of Nigerians in Italy

Italy’s race relations between white Italians and its African migrants and black Italians, while not stellar, may not be as dire as race relations...

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Home Coming

When people tell me they want to move back to Nigeria, I respond with the question, why? Sometimes I get a puzzling reply bordering around the fact that Nigeria is after all home, like it or not!

Boko Haram: Military Leadership Underserves President and Junior Soldiers

Our military “drove the attackers away”, turned around and came back home?  And we are satisfied with that?  What is wrong in following the attackers to whatever hole from where they came - Cameroon, Chad, or Niger - and finishing them off there?  What is wrong in following the attackers, capturing those we can capture and bringing them back to our bases for interrogation?

Repositioning Nigerian economy for growth (2)

To start development planning in Nigeria, the President should as a matter of urgency, elevate the Minister of National Planning as both Planning and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, while the Minister of Finance should focus on finance, which is already huge enough to keep the occupant very busy...

Information and Communication Technology And The African Youth

How can the African youth be nurtured to the realities of Information and Communication Technology? How do we begin a revolution in the ICT sector?

Gender Roles in African Relationships

He told me an African woman is not worth visiting if she can't cook… yet he himself can't cook, and he wouldn't cook even if he could. His "shopping list" for a potential mate is one who will take care of him just as his mom took care of his dad, but one who is also financially independent...

School Na Scam?” No—Ignorance Is The Real Fraud!

The boy at the bus stop had a smartphone...

Heart-song To The Iroko: Tackling The Designs Of Tony Akudinobi

The iroko stands tall and mighty, stretching its boughs...

Amaechi and power Supply

The provision of stable power supply is very important in any given environment no matter the angle we may look at it. Electricity supply helps in designing a people and their city with creative initiatives for entrepreneurial development...

President Dilma. Rousseff vs. the Senate of Brazil

The former President of Brazil, D. Rouseff should be...

Nigeria and the World of Informants and Espionage

It is well known within foreign intelligence ring that Nigerian government officials are the most loose-lip when it comes to informing on Nigeria. Some officials, both at the state and federal level, routinely sell and or exchange state secrets for travel visa and various other compensations...