Edos In Diaspora |
ADAMS OSHOMHOLE'S MIND BULGING WONDERS IN EDO STATE --- AN OBVIOUS MISSING LINK.
{By SUNDAY OMO IDAHOR ESQ} In continuation of my write up on the superlative achievements of my well able and capable Governor, Adams Oshomhole, permit me to urgently draw the attention of the the good people of Edo state to a very serious observation of mine. the reason why i termed these observations as serious is that if they are not tackled, or if they are not taken into consideration but ignored,
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My 14 Days Trip To Nigeria
{By SUNDAY OMO IDAHOR ESQ} PERMIT me to humbly appeal to your highly esteemed organization that I be allowed to use your medium in making known to the whole world events that occurred in the above-mentioned trip to my native land Benin City Nigeria! .I left Boston MA in the United States of America on the 8th of May 2010 with a sole purpose of getting my entire immediate family
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OSHIOMOLE'S DILEMMA: A VERY WELL WRITTEN ESSAY ON CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA'S EDO STATE
{By Jerry Uwah } Adams Oshiomhole is in a dilemma. Almost one decade of mindless plundering under the rule of the self-acclaimed largest political party in Africa has handed the former NLC president a state with decaying infrastructure and under the reign of terrorists.Benin City, the Edo State capital, is something of a medieval town when compared to cities like Calabar which became Full story |
Traveling home is a journey on a rough road
{By Austine Aghenta} Most people who see the above headline would readily assume that I'm refering to the bad state of the road. While that still remains a problem, this is actually about our friends - the men of the Nigerian Police.I've traveled the Lagos-Benin expressway more than a few times in my life time. One thing I can say has been consistent with the road is that the time it
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Uromi: Our Blessed Home
{By SYLVERSTER ORIABURE} Ever since I can remember, Uromi used to be a beehive of activities with Inhabitants of neighbouring towns and villages taking advantage of this busy environment to shop, socialize, make repairs of all sorts, and even board taxis to such more developed cities as Benin, Lagos, Ibadan etc. My thinking as a little boy was that Uromi would soon blossom to the status of
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Going to Nigeria In Search of a Wife {Written by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde} Until recent times, eminently marriageable women were not difficult to come by. And one could suppose that it was also the case in terms of finding eminently marriageable men. It was a time when marriage was considered a union between two self-respecting families. Today, more so in the last two decades, things have changed. But of course, things have been changing since the |
Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry? {Written by Sabella O Abidde}} Within the last eighteen months I have attended nine welcoming parties. These are parties by friends and acquaintances who went to Africa, marry and successfully petitioned for their wives to come to the United States. These types of parties, whether big or small, are taking place all over the US. The immigration process can be lengthy and frustrating |
What did you miss about America while in Nigeria {Written by Farooq Kperogi} This was the question that the wife of my American friend asked me when she and her husband came to pick me up from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on August 12. What did I miss about America while in Nigeria? Hmm.Now, how do you answer that kind of question? Where do you begin? Should you tell the truth and expose your country—and probably
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