Here are some easy ways to be an Obnoxious Nigerian Abroad. When you meet someone from another African country, never ask anything to make you learn about their own experience. Instead, be sure to make fun of their name, culture, music or how they look. When you meet a Nigerian, ask if they are ...

In today's increasingly connected world, many of our activities - from the type of content we consume, sleep habits, to how often we walk, talk, listen to music, and use different applications - leave a digital footprint that can tell us more about ourselves. Our devices are already collecting ...

One of my favorite pastimes is to take long walks. Especially those ones where the primary aim isn’t getting somewhere quickly, but instead to discover things along the way. So, when I learned the meaning of the word Flaneur i was pleased to find an apt label that captured that exact ...

The combination of ego and a strong desire to keep my word has had me struggle sometimes with people's requests, but one thing i'm learning as an adult is to feel better about saying No. Typically, when I request a favor it involves reading between the lines - any response that's not an eager ...

My undergraduate university was a Christian one and this came with a lot of religious activities and rules, but that's not exactly today's tale. In the second semester of my first year there was a week of spiritual emphasis: no classes, lots of church stuff day and night. Unsurprisingly, a lot ...