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October 2007
The philistines pillaging discretion
Tuesday, 30 October 2007 11:28 P GMT+01
How discretion never features in the quest for stories are no more news but gossip and fodder for the mindless, aimless tabloid trash crowd.
Etteh resigns!
Tuesday, 30 October 2007 7:20 P GMT+01
The sit-tight Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives finally resigns, but not before much has been done to shame and denigrate Nigeria.
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Get up for 100,000 Naira blessing
Monday, 29 October 2007 10:29 P GMT+01
A simple narrative of money in the church in Nigeria
I remember this tummy ache
Monday, 29 October 2007 4:47 P GMT+01
A tummy ache this morning reminds me of many heakth experiences as a kid and the way I was shielded from the truth about what was happening to me.
Category: Commentary Nigeria
Arthur Kornberg - DNA Pioneer, dies
Saturday, 27 October 2007 1:59 P GMT+01
Discoverers of DNA seem to be in the news lately, but I announce with sadness the death of Arthur Kornberg who was a Nobel Laureate in 1959, an unpretentious but extremely brilliant scientist.
America: Maniac with razor blades
Saturday, 27 October 2007 12:15 A GMT+01
Sanctions complicate issues and makes negotiations very difficult. America's position is now seen as one of a maniac with razor blades threatening a nuclear crisis which parallels the Cuba Nuclear Crisis of the 1960s.
Why Mo Ibrahim Prize can never consider Obasanjo
Friday, 26 October 2007 3:22 P GMT+01
Ex-President Obasanjo affirms why he can never be considered for the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Excellence in Leadership in Africa and how his position of elder-statesman is compromised by association with thugs like Lamidi Adedibu.
Happy Retirement, Dr. Watson
Friday, 26 October 2007 2:04 P GMT+01
Dr. Watson, the DNA pioneer has retired from the laboratory he headed for 40 years - he says it was more than overdue.
Anonymously queuing for a flight in Nigeria
Thursday, 25 October 2007 9:38 P GMT+01
A comment left by a member of the unidentified commenting audience (UCA) gets full billing as a blog.
Refusing the most expensive coffee
Wednesday, 24 October 2007 11:53 P GMT+01
These rotten compensation deals for atrocious service are quite irksome to say the least.
Category: Commentary General
My Kunta Kinte to my roots
Wednesday, 24 October 2007 2:00 P GMT+01
30 years after Roots, we should be holding on to our roots and learning about them now. That is the grand legacy of Alex Haley
Category: Commentary General
Fair-trade oil quest for Nigeria
Wednesday, 24 October 2007 11:21 A GMT+01
We look to President Yar'adua to appear to be doing something, but as the oil company deals are coming under review for a better deal, maybe this would be the advent of fair-trade oil and resolution of many Nigerian problems.
The Nigerian restaurant kaleidoscope - Part 2
Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:24 P GMT+01
A continuation of my experience at the Nigerian restaurant on Sunday.
The Nigerian restaurant kaleidoscope - Part 1
Tuesday, 23 October 2007 1:04 P GMT+01
A visit to a Nigerian restaurant and insights to other things in a many parts.
Gallantly relinquished the Rugby World Cup
Saturday, 20 October 2007 6:59 A GMT+01
A review of the end of the Rugby World Cup 2007
Doctor Neutralises Africans
Friday, 19 October 2007 9:27 P GMT+01
A Nobel laureate who won for the discovery of DNA in 1962 says Africans are less intelligent to whites.
At peace with the Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, 19 October 2007 4:19 P GMT+01
The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 goes to worthy recipients for their work to stirring us to consider the consequences of man-made climate change. The science would continually be under review, it is left to us to research those opinions.
Local situations in global straits
Tuesday, 16 October 2007 10:35 P GMT+01
How global issues show up in my local environment.
Category: Commentary General
The Iron Ladies of Liberia
Sunday, 14 October 2007 7:06 P GMT+01
A documentary about the first year in government of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the President of Liberia offers lessons that could be learnt by all governments in Africa.
Belgian racist murderer sentenced to life in prison
Friday, 12 October 2007 6:46 A GMT+01
Two racially motivated murders and an attempted murder leads to the conviction of a young man in Belgium. Another judge is trying to foul the iar with rotten assertions.
HRW Report - A must-read for all patriotic Nigerians
Thursday, 11 October 2007 6:24 P GMT+01
The Human Rights Watch Report on Nigeria 2007, the unbelievable and incredible documented and revealed.
The lion is the jewel - Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, 10 October 2007 8:58 P GMT+01
Wole Soyinka's HardTalk interview comes within 48 hours of the interview with Ojo Maduekwe - The lion is definitely better than the thug.
Ojo (Maduekwe) has lost his mojo
Tuesday, 9 October 2007 9:15 P GMT+01
The Nigerian Foreign Minister - Ojo Maduekwe appears on BBC HardTalk without a message from Nigeria.
Me and Ms Dope (Jones)
Sunday, 7 October 2007 12:15 A GMT+01
The spectre of drugs in sport is disturbing, but the anti-doping regime is not winning this battle - Marion Jones was never caught, rather she confessed because of other extenuate circumstances.
Nigerians: Ngozi at World Bank, Ibrahim in Burma
Friday, 5 October 2007 9:42 P GMT+01
Nigerians that make me proud and what they are doing around the world. I salute Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Ibrahim Gambari.
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