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July 2008



Nigeria: Dutch parties demand Nigerian gang police force

Wednesday, 30 July 2008 2:13 P GMT+01
Certain Dutch Political parties with a right-leaning disposition have asked the Justice Minister to create a permanent police unit to investigate specifically, Nigerian criminal gangs. I worry for this kind of development.

The Child spake unto the multitude

Sunday, 27 July 2008 8:08 P GMT+01
The Book of Blog, Chapter 11, Verse 35 - Akin read.

A child's right to a good name

Sunday, 27 July 2008 6:35 P GMT+01
Some people do not deserve to be parents by reason of the rotten names they give their children. Words fail me as I decry the inconsiderate practice of giving children names that would not suit pets, toys or dolls.

Apes Obey! Instinct rather than moral virtue

Friday, 25 July 2008 8:43 P GMT+01
Professional Nigerian women run the gauntlet of lecherous men in authority who allow their animal instincts to get the better of their moral authority. A case in court highlights the need for laws that protect women from sexual harassment at work.

Nigeria: Sexual Neanderthals run amok in the National Hospital

Friday, 25 July 2008 8:41 P GMT+01
More on the case for sexual harassment at the National Hospital in Abuja, the emerging details make really difficult reading. The terms of employment for certain females include fulfilling the sexual requirements of management.

Nigeria: God is signing autographs on beef - up North

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 4:29 P GMT+01
Inscriptions of Allah and Mohammed have appeared on cuts of beef up North in Birnin Kebbi - astounding.

Nigeria: Women badly represented at CEDAW convention

Monday, 21 July 2008 6:06 P GMT+01
Our women's minister took a battalion to the UN, they could not shoot their guns and the medics gave them an overdose of sarcastic nudity.

Firing of Pardon Attorney hardly a victory for Nigerians

Saturday, 19 July 2008 10:45 A GMT+01
The Pardon Attorney Roger C. Adams is fired for including racist recommendations in the clemency petition of a reformed Nigerian ex-convict minister. I sympathise more with the attorney than the Nigerian immigrant.

Apes Obey! Vague dread of the supernatural

Thursday, 17 July 2008 5:10 P GMT+01
My first contribution to the Apes Obey! Series where I take a phrase from Lord Lugard's writings and juxtapose it with a contemporary event in Nigeria. This is on the vague dread of the supernatural which lead to the loss of 17 lives.

Apes Obey! Lacks the power of organisation

Thursday, 17 July 2008 5:08 P GMT+01
My second Apes Obey! Series post dealing with a stampede caused by the failure to organise an effective recruitment drive.

Introducing the Apes Obey! Series

Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:24 A GMT+01
Introducing the Apes Obey! series of blogs that takes a phrase our of an excerpt of Lord Lugard's writings 86 years ago and aligns it with contemporary events in Nigeria today, showing how those observations still find true today.

Medicine man rescues marriage

Tuesday, 15 July 2008 12:00 P GMT+01
Are medicine men relevant to society in problem solving everyday life?

Keys drop into windmill

Monday, 14 July 2008 11:08 A GMT+01
All in a day out to Zaanse Schans.

Nigeria: Lost are the arms of right and wrong

Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:07 P GMT+01
A girl's arms get amputated after an accident for medical reasons, the girl feels cheated, the parents feel wronged, the doctor feels hounded, the situation seems criminal and many feel ritualised.

Cordially invited, my regrets

Thursday, 10 July 2008 6:02 A GMT+01
Invitations that give due consideration in publicity, time and accommodation of the agenda of the invitees would be well attended and earn reciprocal respect.

Nigeria: What a bunch of smarmy idiots

Monday, 7 July 2008 10:09 P GMT+01
We hear today that the governor of Ogun State was poisoned three weeks ago that he had to seek treatment abroad. Meanwhile, all we have to work on are wild allegations with no facts, this really pisses me off big time.

Nigeria: Reforming the Justice System

Monday, 7 July 2008 6:25 A GMT+01
Recognising that the Nigerin justice system is in need of radical reform is a first step in the process of assuring the rights of Nigerian citizens. Lagos State has gone a lot further and this should be the template for reform in Nigeria as a whole.

The gospel of the widow's mite

Sunday, 6 July 2008 11:31 P GMT+01
The gospel, its presentation and who does it against metrics we cannot properly measure from observation.

My father is my mother

Saturday, 5 July 2008 2:16 P GMT+01
Father, mother, child, love - all the world needs to exist in happiness? Maybe, but the roles change and the genders are now non-descript - this is our society running ahead of our prejudices.

Satan's hand in human stupidity as church splits

Friday, 4 July 2008 6:58 P GMT+01
The split afflicting the Anglican Church is more about competing egos than doctrinal differences because it takes the church no further in its work of remaining relevant to the communities they are operating in.

Nigeria: Diaspora in vision dispersal

Wednesday, 2 July 2008 7:42 P GMT+01
Finding out about the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation in Europe leaves me wondering why it has been individuals advocating better treatment of Nigerians in Europe.