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Malevolent Twitter Rumours Trending Dangerously

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 3:58 P GMT+01

The hoax about Kanye West's death on Twitter that became the highest trending topic needs addressing. Lies should not be accorded the possibility of democratic majority affirmation where many do not check before they Tweet, ReTweet or offer opinions.

The importance of nurses, bedpans to my career

Saturday, 17 October 2009 1:07 P GMT+01

Within my professional comfort zone, I viewed bedpans in derogatory language bordering on disgust until I found out through experience in hospital that doing bedpans was essential to my recovery. The nurses @ OLVG have my deepest gratitude.

A slumbering machine operator

Saturday, 3 October 2009 9:48 P GMT+01

Sleep and food with introductions to others.

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Scuttling cancer with chemo

Thursday, 1 October 2009 8:56 P GMT+01

The truth is out, let the treatments begin.

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Crutches on the drip

Tuesday, 29 September 2009 3:05 P GMT+01

Faulty drips, late results, fast crutches, fitting moulds and when shall we be let go finally?

Getting off the pain train

Sunday, 27 September 2009 12:02 A GMT+01

No more tributes to pain, time to get well and move on with new changes in life.

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Seeing hospital meals again

Saturday, 26 September 2009 3:09 A GMT+01

Coincidence or uncanny, I blog about hospital meals and end up being horribly sick thrice. Don't worry, I am sick-bag trained, no mess.

Golden red and painless

Thursday, 24 September 2009 11:53 A GMT+01

Hospital notes of fluids, tests and injections.

In hospital to kill the pain

Wednesday, 23 September 2009 8:26 P GMT+01

Suddenly, I am admitted for treatment in the hospital.

Kwakoe - A multicultural festival in Amsterdam

Sunday, 9 August 2009 3:04 A GMT+01

I visited the Kwakoe multicultural festival at Bijlmerpark in South East Amsterdam.

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Akin Konsult gets registered in less than 35

Monday, 6 July 2009 7:39 P GMT+01

My experience of registering my comapny in the Netherlands with the residual Nigerian in the background keeping me from getting it done properly and on time.

Banking on new local realities

Wednesday, 11 March 2009 7:59 P GMT+01

The banks are changing for us locally, does that mean we have better services than before?

Castell to the carnivore's rescue again

Thursday, 5 March 2009 11:53 P GMT+01

Back at Castell and loved it again

Really Not In My Local Shop Again

Thursday, 19 February 2009 11:48 P GMT+01

It appears the credit crunch is already crunching on places that cater for nostalgic needs of the Diaspora

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Swaffelen is the Dutch word of the year

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 3:40 A GMT+01

The Dutch have chosen a word of the year, I cannot understand why, but each their own. My word is reprobate.

A Parship looking like a parsnip

Thursday, 11 December 2008 9:13 A GMT+01

Do dating sites have much to offer or are they just money spinners for those who pretend to offer the possibility of love?

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Still getting used to life in the Netherlands

Sunday, 7 December 2008 7:41 A GMT+01

Those little things that fill foreigners with pique in the Netherlands by comparing home and abroad.

Training for hours

Tuesday, 18 November 2008 3:17 P GMT+01

Just one day in the life of a commuter when everything seemed to go wrong

Cancelling Tech-Ed, a considered cut-back

Monday, 6 October 2008 10:13 A GMT+01

Even in the smallest way, I am beginning to see the effects of the financial crises with street lights going off early, banks acquired, conferences cancelled and bins not emptied. There is hope but there would be changes too.

The cravings of an omnivore

Sunday, 14 September 2008 3:33 P GMT+01

In praise of the medium rare steak where they know how to present it best for the fullest satisfaction of the hungry omnivore.

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AKO is hardly the best at rush hour

Friday, 12 September 2008 10:03 A GMT+01

The AKO bookshops in the Amsterdam Central Station probably do not belong there - there are queues, poor service, no urgnecy and a complete lack of appreciation of the setting of their shops for the rush-hour.

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.

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Frankly, Madam Ambassador, I am not impressed

Monday, 23 June 2008 11:05 P GMT+01

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.

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Nigeria: The Nigerian Proclamation, my support for the President

Friday, 30 May 2008 12:54 P GMT+01

After the Nigerian Proclamation a year ago, we all assess our views of the first year of President Yar'Adua's tenure and end up with differing opinions. The President has my support in the things he is trying to do.

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The Netherlands rises above sea level

Monday, 28 April 2008 11:52 A GMT+01

We have all left the Netheralnds for at least a week, because holidays have given us a rare 2-day week.