<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Commentary @ akin.blog-city.com</title><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Commentary) Comments, opinions, rants and discussions about all issues I find interesting, intriguing or down right atrocious - no topic is off limits.</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 akin.blog-city.com</copyright><generator>Akin Akintayo</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:52:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Commentary @ akin.blog-city.com</title><url>http://files.blog-city.com//files/aa/43645/p/f/pensive_02.jpg</url><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Nigeria: God is signing autographs on beef - up North</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_god_is_signing_autographs_on_beef__up_north.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_god_is_signing_autographs_on_beef__up_north.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigeria%5Fgod%5Fis%5Fsigning%5Fautographs%5Fon%5Fbeef%5F%5Fup%5Fnorth</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inscriptions of Allah and Mohammed have appeared on cuts of beef up North in Birnin Kebbi - astounding.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigeria%5Fgod%5Fis%5Fsigning%5Fautographs%5Fon%5Fbeef%5F%5Fup%5Fnorth'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/fitna.htm'>Fitna - The irresponsible movie</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/youtubeversus.htm'>YouTube versus Islam - Between discernment and ignorance</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/cultofthefrozencow.htm'>Cult of the Frozen Cow</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/president_overrules_mohammed.htm'>President overrules Mohammed</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nameteddybear.htm'>Don't name the teddy bear</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/qatarisnotflying.htm'>Qataris not flying by the seat of their culture</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/myfingersscalded.htm'>My fingers - scalded to the bone</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/bringingtheburqadownonthedutchelections.htm'>Bringing the Burqa down on the Dutch elections</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/beyondtheveil.htm'>Beyond the veil</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/whoseapologyisitanyway.htm'>Whose apology is it anyway?</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>allah</category><category>mohammed</category><category>beef</category><category>hallal</category><category>islam</category><category>birnin kebbi</category></item><item><title>Nigeria: Women badly represented at CEDAW convention</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_women_badly_represented_at_cedaw_convention.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_women_badly_represented_at_cedaw_convention.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigeria%5Fwomen%5Fbadly%5Frepresented%5Fat%5Fcedaw%5Fconvention</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigeria%5Fwomen%5Fbadly%5Frepresented%5Fat%5Fcedaw%5Fconvention'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/maybe_was_a_cornflake_boy.htm'>Maybe was a cornflake boy</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/my_mothers_generation.htm'>My Mother's Generation</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeriansnozi.htm'>Nigerians: Ngozi at World Bank, Ibrahim in Burma</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/sustainingbadreports.htm'>Sustaining bad reports from Africa</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/africanamericanwomen.htm'>African-American women caught in race and racism rows</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/strippingthegreatout.htm'>Stripping the "Great" out of Britain</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/boltonbolts.htm'>Bolton bolts</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/mrmoonsmagiccircus.htm'>Mr Moon's Magic Circus</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/condiisnotwelcome.htm'>Condi is not welcome in Lebanon</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/theredcrossmarks.htm'>The Red Cross marks the missile target - 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Vague dread of the supernatural</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_vague_dread_of_the_supernatural.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_vague_dread_of_the_supernatural.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=apes%5Fobey%5Fvague%5Fdread%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fsupernatural</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=apes%5Fobey%5Fvague%5Fdread%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fsupernatural'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_lacks_the_power_of_organisation.htm'>Apes Obey! Lacks the power of organisation</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/introducing_the_apes_obey_series.htm'>Introducing the Apes Obey! 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Lacks the power of organisation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_lacks_the_power_of_organisation.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_lacks_the_power_of_organisation.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=apes%5Fobey%5Flacks%5Fthe%5Fpower%5Fof%5Forganisation</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My second Apes Obey! Series post dealing with a stampede caused by the failure to organise an effective recruitment drive.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=apes%5Fobey%5Flacks%5Fthe%5Fpower%5Fof%5Forganisation'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_vague_dread_of_the_supernatural.htm'>Apes Obey! Vague dread of the supernatural</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/introducing_the_apes_obey_series.htm'>Introducing the Apes Obey! 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Series</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/introducing_the_apes_obey_series.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/introducing_the_apes_obey_series.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=introducing%5Fthe%5Fapes%5Fobey%5Fseries</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=introducing%5Fthe%5Fapes%5Fobey%5Fseries'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/firing_of_pardon_attorney_hardly_a_victory_for_nigerians.htm'>Firing of Pardon Attorney hardly a victory for Nigerians</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/apes_obey_vague_dread_of_the_supernatural.htm'>Apes Obey! 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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.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffather%5Fis%5Fmy%5Fmother'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/expecting_high_drama_on_the_mount_of_olives.htm'>Expecting high drama on the Mount of Olives</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/the_gambia_they_need_a_sane_president.htm'>The Gambia: They need a sane President</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/my_mothers_generation.htm'>My Mother's Generation</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/earthqueers_quaking_in_israel.htm'>Earth-queers quaking in Israel</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_divorce.htm'>Nigeria: Divorce mentions adulterous incest</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zoeswreakedark.htm'>Zoe's wrecked ark</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/johnsentamu.htm'>John Sentamu - A true African Leader</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/homosexualityinnigeria.htm'>Homosexuality in Nigeria - Condemning bigots who seek death</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/pridewithoutprejudiceberlin.htm'>Pride without Prejudice - Berlin</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/seriouslyobsessedwithgays.htm'>Seriously obsessed with gays</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>father</category><category>mother</category><category>sexuality</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>adoption</category><category>kiss</category><category>son</category></item><item><title>Satan&apos;s hand in human stupidity as church splits</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/satans_hand_in_human_stupidity_as_church_splits.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/satans_hand_in_human_stupidity_as_church_splits.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=satans%5Fhand%5Fin%5Fhuman%5Fstupidity%5Fas%5Fchurch%5Fsplits</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=satans%5Fhand%5Fin%5Fhuman%5Fstupidity%5Fas%5Fchurch%5Fsplits'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/expecting_high_drama_on_the_mount_of_olives.htm'>Expecting high drama on the Mount of Olives</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/cyclone_nargis_the_death_knell_of_the_military_junta.htm'>Cyclone Nargis: The death knell of the military junta</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/earthqueers_quaking_in_israel.htm'>Earth-queers quaking in Israel</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/fielding11.htm'>Fielding 11 clowns for Chelsea</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/dearlybigoted.htm'>Dearly Bigoted: Anglican Church requires pre-marital HIV test</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/medinatyisrael59.htm'>Medinat Yisrael - 59</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/farfourfreetoburnii.htm'>Farfour free to burn - II - Poor translation?</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/farfourfreetoburn.htm'>Farfour free to burn</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/thelongsabbathoffootball.htm'>The long Sabbath of English football</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/theyearofarmageddonuponus.htm'>The year of Armageddon upon us</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>foca</category><category>archbishop peter akinola</category><category>visa</category><category>jordan</category><category>israel</category><category>schism</category><category>henry viii</category><category>martin luther</category><category>anglican church</category><category>lambeth conference</category><category>gafcon</category></item><item><title>Nigeria: Diaspora in vision dispersal</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/nigerian_diaspora_in_vision_dispersal.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/nigerian_diaspora_in_vision_dispersal.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigerian%5Fdiaspora%5Fin%5Fvision%5Fdispersal</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigerian%5Fdiaspora%5Fin%5Fvision%5Fdispersal'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/cordially_invited_my_regrets.htm'>Cordially invited, my regrets</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/indonesia_two_heroin_smuggling_nigerians_killed.htm'>Indonesia: Two heroin smuggling Nigerians killed</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/frankly_madam_ambassador_i_am_not_impressed.htm'>Frankly, Madam Ambassador, I am not impressed</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_june_the_twelfth.htm'>Nigeria: June the Twelfth</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_ambassadors_be_honoured_to_serve_or_get_lost.htm'>Nigeria: Ambassadors, be honoured to serve or get lost</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/asenseofdetachment.htm'>A sense of detachment</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/didiabandonnigeria.htm'>Did I abandon Nigeria?</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/myfinalthought.htm'>My final thought on the Nigerian Elections</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/alltootypicallynigerian.htm'>All too typically Nigerian</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/probablytimetoditchthepledge.htm'>Probably time to ditch the Nigerian Pledge</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>diaspora</category><category>ambassador</category><category>nidoe</category><category>homepages</category><category>web design</category></item><item><title>Statues come alive in my mind</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/statues_come_alive_in_my_mind.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/statues_come_alive_in_my_mind.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=statues%5Fcome%5Falive%5Fin%5Fmy%5Fmind</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I might just get what I have always thought about - statues coming alive, the result of an ultra-vivid imagination<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=statues%5Fcome%5Falive%5Fin%5Fmy%5Fmind'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/anewjihadforthestreetsofislam.htm'>A new Jihad for the streets of Islam</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/paintcartoon.htm'>Reasoning without cartoons</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>statue</category><category>irrational fear</category><category>alexander von humboldt</category><category>animation</category><category>reason</category></item><item><title>Indonesia: Two heroin smuggling Nigerians killed</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/indonesia_two_heroin_smuggling_nigerians_killed.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/indonesia_two_heroin_smuggling_nigerians_killed.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=indonesia%5Ftwo%5Fheroin%5Fsmuggling%5Fnigerians%5Fkilled</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reading about the killing of 2 Nigerians by firing squad in Indonesia leaves one wondering if they got any help to appeal their convictions in the hope for a commutation.
In my view, ambassadors have a duty to both law-abiding and criminal Nigerians.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=indonesia%5Ftwo%5Fheroin%5Fsmuggling%5Fnigerians%5Fkilled'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/firing_of_pardon_attorney_hardly_a_victory_for_nigerians.htm'>Firing of Pardon Attorney hardly a victory for Nigerians</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/cordially_invited_my_regrets.htm'>Cordially invited, my regrets</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigerian_diaspora_in_vision_dispersal.htm'>Nigeria: Diaspora in vision dispersal</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/frankly_madam_ambassador_i_am_not_impressed.htm'>Frankly, Madam Ambassador, I am not impressed</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_ambassadors_be_honoured_to_serve_or_get_lost.htm'>Nigeria: Ambassadors, be honoured to serve or get lost</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/homosexualityinnigeria.htm'>Homosexuality in Nigeria - Condemning bigots who seek death</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/presidentialprerogative.htm'>Presidential prerogative, pride and persuasion</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/didiabandonnigeria.htm'>Did I abandon Nigeria?</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/myfinalthought.htm'>My final thought on the Nigerian Elections</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/yaraduacatching.htm'>Yar'Adua - Catching his breath in Germany</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>ambassador</category><category>indonesia</category><category>drug smuggling</category><category>heroin</category><category>australians</category><category>death penalty</category><category>nigerians</category><category>clemency</category><category>commutation</category><category>firing squad</category></item><item><title>Frankly, Madam Ambassador, I am not impressed</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/frankly_madam_ambassador_i_am_not_impressed.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/frankly_madam_ambassador_i_am_not_impressed.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=frankly%5Fmadam%5Fambassador%5Fi%5Fam%5Fnot%5Fimpressed</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Newly appointed ambassadors should do well to find out about their country folk before pandering to cliches and unfounded generalisations that paint Nigerians in less than exemplary and unfavourable light.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=frankly%5Fmadam%5Fambassador%5Fi%5Fam%5Fnot%5Fimpressed'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/cordially_invited_my_regrets.htm'>Cordially invited, my regrets</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigerian_diaspora_in_vision_dispersal.htm'>Nigeria: Diaspora in vision dispersal</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/indonesia_two_heroin_smuggling_nigerians_killed.htm'>Indonesia: Two heroin smuggling Nigerians killed</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_ambassadors_be_honoured_to_serve_or_get_lost.htm'>Nigeria: Ambassadors, be honoured to serve or get lost</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/microsoft_give_me_english_in_the_netherlands.htm'>Microsoft: Give me English in the Netherlands</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/localsituations.htm'>Local situations in global straits</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/thepauseofbenji.htm'>The ‘pause’ of Benji in bereavement</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/boltonbolts.htm'>Bolton bolts</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/mindthatlanguage.htm'>Mind that language</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/prayfor_mrsverdonk.htm'>Pray for Mrs Verdonk</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>dr nimota nihinola akanbi</category><category>ambassador</category><category>shell</category><category>dutch</category></item><item><title>Hurdles always topple over</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/hurdles_always_topple_over.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/hurdles_always_topple_over.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hurdles%5Falways%5Ftopple%5Fover</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A wall might well be a curtain just as obstacles in life might well be hurdles. Hurdles do topple over when knocked, hit or tripped over by a hurdler or runner - it all seems daunting from afar.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hurdles%5Falways%5Ftopple%5Fover'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/luckysfriend.htm'>Who would be Lucky's friend?</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>running</category><category>hurdles</category><category>obstacles</category><category>ambition</category><category>surety</category><category>determination</category><category>persuasion</category></item><item><title>Adedibu: Benevolence, Wills and Legacy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/adedibu_benevolence_wills_and_legacy.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/adedibu_benevolence_wills_and_legacy.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=adedibu%5Fbenevolence%5Fwills%5Fand%5Flegacy</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now that Alhaji Adedibu is no more, it also appears his large giving hand has been cut off.
His children are not carrying on his legacy possibly because he failed to bequeath something to that cause and left no instructions to that effect.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=adedibu%5Fbenevolence%5Fwills%5Fand%5Flegacy'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/adedibu_half_of_ibadanland_the_man_is_no_more.htm'>Adedibu, Half of Ibadanland, the man is no more</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/senate_safety.htm'>Nigeria: Senate safety from blame not guns</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/alhajilamidiadedibu.htm'>Alhaji Lamidi Akanbi Ariyibi Adedibu</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/thespiritofakinloye.htm'>The spirit of Akinloye lives on</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>alhaji adedibu</category><category>ibadan</category><category>ibadanland</category><category>aare musulumi</category><category>alhaji azeez arisekola alao</category><category>benevolence</category><category>amala politics</category></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Ready for Re-Colonisation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_ready_for_colonisation.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_ready_for_colonisation.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=zimbabwe%5Fready%5Ffor%5Fcolonisation</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Does Zimbabwe offer anything that would make it worthy of re-colonisation? I think not.

So why the delusions, lies and falsehoods of Robert Mugabe?<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=zimbabwe%5Fready%5Ffor%5Fcolonisation'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_dragging_iwu_to_the_court_of_the_twelfth_of_june.htm'>Nigeria: Dragging Iwu to the court of the Twelfth of June</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/grand_inga_project_another_white_elephant_for_black_africa.htm'>Grand Inga Project: Another White Elephant for Black Africa</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_mugabe_is_a_coward.htm'>Zimbabwe: Mugabe is a coward</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_mugabes_obituary_by_a_little_girl.htm'>Zimbabwe: Mugabe's epitaph by a little girl</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_votes.htm'>Zimbabwe: Thanks Mugabe, Now Give Way</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/lucky_is_on_the_loose.htm'>Lucky is on the loose</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeriasetsnoexamples.htm'>Nigeria sets no good examples for Africa</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/iowanotbethlehem.htm'>Iowa is not Bethlehem of Judea</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zoeswreakedark.htm'>Zoe's wrecked ark</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/johnsentamu.htm'>John Sentamu - A true African Leader</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>zimbabwe</category><category>robert mugabe</category><category>grand despot of africa</category><category>leadership</category><category>zimbabweans</category><category>war veterans</category><category>africa</category></item><item><title>Nigeria: Dragging Iwu to the court of the Twelfth of June</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_dragging_iwu_to_the_court_of_the_twelfth_of_june.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_dragging_iwu_to_the_court_of_the_twelfth_of_june.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigeria%5Fdragging%5Fiwu%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fcourt%5Fof%5Fthe%5Ftwelfth%5Fof%5Fjune</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When the tenure of Professor Maurice is placed in juxtaposition to that of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the former is found wanting.

That is the start difference between the National Electoral Commissions of 1993 and 2007.<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nigeria%5Fdragging%5Fiwu%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fcourt%5Fof%5Fthe%5Ftwelfth%5Fof%5Fjune'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_ready_for_colonisation.htm'>Zimbabwe: Ready for Re-Colonisation</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_june_the_twelfth.htm'>Nigeria: June the Twelfth</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/they_shall_not_grow_old.htm'>They shall not grow old</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_mugabe_is_a_coward.htm'>Zimbabwe: Mugabe is a coward</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_mugabes_obituary_by_a_little_girl.htm'>Zimbabwe: Mugabe's epitaph by a little girl</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/zimbabwe_votes.htm'>Zimbabwe: Thanks Mugabe, Now Give Way</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/makethecase.htm'>Nigeria: We must make the case at the Supreme Court</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/wikileaks.htm'>Wikileaks - The right to know</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeriasetsnoexamples.htm'>Nigeria sets no good examples for Africa</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/they_damned_the_consequences.htm'>They damned the consequences</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>professor maurice iwu</category><category>nec</category><category>inec</category><category>professor humphrey nwosu</category><category>june the twelfth</category><category>june 12</category><category>elections</category><category>kenya</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>transition</category></item><item><title>A moment of madness</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://akin.blog-city.com/a_moment_of_madness.htm</guid><link>http://akin.blog-city.com/a_moment_of_madness.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fmoment%5Fof%5Fmadness</comments><dc:creator>Akin Akintayo</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In just a sudden moment of madness a reputation is destroyed in the quest for some pleasure in prohibited places, with illicit paraphernalia and using illegal substance abuse.

Do we need more control of our lives?<p><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fmoment%5Fof%5Fmadness'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/the_faucet_apothecary.htm'>The faucet apothecary</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/drugschavezisnottheproblem.htm'>Drugs: Chavez is NOT the problem</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/nigeria_divorce.htm'>Nigeria: Divorce mentions adulterous incest</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/newschasingthethrill.htm'>News: Chasing the thrill</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/rescueourcities.htm'>Rescue our cities from these louts</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/thepfizerdrugtrial.htm'>The Pfizer Drug Trial</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/humantarianpfizer.htm'>Humantarian Pfizer fed Nigerian kids poison drug - allegedly</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/gaolcouturebyparis.htm'>Gaol Couture by Paris</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/lies.htm'>Lies - Between human frailty and the law</a></li><li><a href='http://akin.blog-city.com/yessizedoesmatter.htm'>Yes, size does matter</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>business traveller</category><category>richard quest</category><category>reputation</category><category>central park</category><category>cnn</category><category>john browne</category><category>ron davies</category><category>drugs</category><category>sex</category></item></channel></rss>