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Voice from the Diaspora: How many Nigerians will Boko Haram kill next?
Jul. 4 | It may come across as a retarded question to ask, but it is one Nigerians might just have to ponder, as a form of psychological preparedness for the inevitable — another Boko Haram bomb attack waiting to be reported on local and international media. With...
Falcon’s coach Eucharia Uche in homosexual row
Jun. 30 | AFP - Football’s governing body FIFA on Wednesday criticised Nigeria coach Eucharia Uche for branding homosexuality as ‘dirty’ and admitting she forced lesbians out of her team. “FIFA is against all forms of discrimination,”...
2011 Most Beautiful Girl West Africa Canada plan for June 25 in Toronto
Jun. 6 | Toronto, Canada is one of the most diverse cities in the world.You can hardly attend a major event without noticing the ever present cultural diversity of the city residents, and many are proud to show off or tell you about their ethinc background. It...
London police ordered to pay four Nigerian women over breach of human rights
May. 20 | Nigerians Abroad staff writer A British high court sitting in London, on Friday, ordered the London Metropolitan Police to pay four Nigerian women sum of 5000 pounds each for failing to investigate allegations that they had been forced into slavery. Compensation...
Nigerian mother and son to be reunited after 10 years of separation
May. 3 | Victor Chukwueke, 25, played football alongside friends at a fundraiser held for him to bring his mother and sister from Nigeria to attend his commencement at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, Thursday, April 21, 2011. photo Credit: GALLIGAN/Detroit...
Exclusive interview with Yemi Akinyemi, Nigerian inspiration behind K.West’s Runaway video
Apr. 19 | Yemi Akinyemi (front) with his Prague based dance crew. Photo Credit: DAP Nigeriansabroadlive.com: Briefly tell us about yourself and what your dance group is about? Yemi A.D.: My name is Yemi Dele Akinyemi, I am 29years old, born and raised in Czech...
Nigeria 101 for the Canadian Policy Maker
Mar. 26 | Pius Adesanmi at the Penguin Prize for African Writing awards. By Pius Adesanmi Lecture delivered to the Africa Study Group, Ottawa, March 23, 2011 First a confession: Dr Paul Hitschfeld did not serve me well by sending a very casual email asking...
My husband’s wife
Mar. 21 | Sandra is a plump, colorless, pasty white woman with a voice that sounds like metal grinding on metal. She is twenty years older than Tunde. She is the kind of woman I knew Tunde would not give a second look. Tunde is her third husband and she looks...
A heartbreak made in America
Mar. 17 | Something is bothering Tunde. He’s not saying what it is. But, a girl can tell. It’s the way his gaze drifts into the distance when he should be ecstatic. It’s the slow, deliberate way he chews his food. It’s in the way he looks at me when...
