Ben Edokpayi is a strategic communications consultant with more than 25 years experience in the USA and Nigeria. His most recent corporate assignment was as Media Relations Officer with the California State Compensation Insurance Fund.
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As America currently struggles with race relations issues, I would like to draw the attention of the US and indeed the rest of the world to an area that needs to be properly addressed if these ugly scenarios are ever to be consigned […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow An 18 by 24 inches poster of Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, making his last major speech in the Bay Area during a May 17, 1967, anti-Vietnam war rally at the University of California Berkeley, has followed me in my travels in the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Banana or plantain (which some refer to as Dodo when it is fried) is a favorite staple food in Africa and beyond, and also the subject of a musical racial parody by Afro beat King Fela Kuti in the song, “Monkey Give me […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow I signed on this week (in a letter to Congress) seeking support for President Barack Obama’s effort to reform a flawed Immigration system, because it is the right thing to do. I also indicated my support for Obama’s immigration reform in a separate […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow I witnessed one of the most bizarre inner city scenes in a Lagos suburb on Sunday as my family pulled out of the driveway to head to church for Sunday morning service. Right smack in the middle of a road sitting on a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow After being buoyed by a 2-0 win over Congo in Point Noire, no one could realistically foresee the Super Eagles’ hope of defending their African Cup of Nations, AFCON, title come to a screeching halt in their drawn game against South Africa in […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As we begin to come to terms with the Super Eagles’ elimination from next year’s AFCON Finals in Equatorial Guinea, it’s important to focus on the effects this would have on businesses and their sponsors. The Super Eagles are undoubtedly the NO.1 sports […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In the period he has served as California Governor, especially since 2011, Edmund Gerald ‘Pat’ Brown has done more to promote the cause of women and newer Americans than any governor of the Golden State. Nigerian-Americans especially laud him for last year’s appointment […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Human capital is the foundation of any great country. This is why Nigeria must place much emphasis on the stability and state of instruction in the academia so that our Universities and other institutions of higher learning can continue to produce quality graduates […] More
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