The Paradox of Progress: Scraping by in a world of excess, by Osmund Agbo I can still recall, with striking clarity, my first flight to the United States from Nigeria on a crisp January day in 2001. It was more than just a journey; it was a leap into the unknown, leaving behind the familiar warmth of home for the vast, uncharted territories of a new world. The journey began on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM, which took us from Murtala Mohammed International Airport in...