Life Abroad

I am a 38 year old Nigerian living in the UK and bringing up two sons.  My sons were both born in the UK and one of the issues that …

After about ten years of attending Nigeria’s National Independence Day Parades in New York City, this year’s October 1st 2005 festivities were outstandingly the best yet!

FEMA failed because it has a very weak leadership, unqualified personnel and a system that is grossly incompetent.  I weep for a system that ignores ability, knowledge, and competency, solely …

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same …

Women in Nigeria are beginning to find their place and their voice in a society that was for so long dismissive of their feelings and concerns and their sexual needs. …

Without doubt, the present high crime rate in Wilmington is having some adverse effects on the economic and social landscape of an otherwise beautiful city. The city fondly described as …

When I left to visit Nigeria, I had only been in America ten years and so I hadn’t acquired the accent expected of a Nigerian-American. As for my hair, even …

The West must learn a lesson that my American bank knows too well and it is this: When you give a military junta a loan, it is analogous to giving …

If you have tenants, don’t rely on whatever rents they are going to pay you as your only source of paying your mortgage because you will be disappointed. Eight out …

In all my brief travels to the cities of the world, particularly in Europe, and residence in North America, one prominent craving that swells through my inside and saturates my …

All powers including scientific, nuclear and even Black or Voodoo power all belong to God without any doubt. So are natural powers or natural disasters like the Tsunami, the Volcanoes …

I have come to realize that relationship-wise, there are three kinds of men: the stick, the worm, and the wormy stick.  For most, if not all Nigerian women, we want …

Each year, Canada grants temporary entry to over 130, 000 foreign students to attend Canadian educational institutions…

Have you thought about immigrating to Canada and making a better life for yourself and your family? You are not alone…

If Black people have never been and are still not good enough in this 21st century to construct their own roads, airports, presidential villas, etc., or even to imagine exploring …

America is the land of God and gods, a land for the believers and non-believers. It is a land of dream merchants, of fabulists, tale-spinners; and of high and low …