There are many reasons for me to blog about David Morley (1923-2009), who perhaps more than any other western scientist has done more towards the development of paediatrics and child health in Nigeria, Africa and possibly the whole developing world. His work started at the hospital where I was born many years after he worked there, where I later studied, [...]

The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #2 Oil is like so played out, agriculture is back baby. So I’m a bit delusional, but on a serious note, Nigeria needs to start paying more attention to her agricultural sector. Cocoa is a huge part of that sector, as it stands we are currently the fourth largest producer of cocoa in the world. [...]

In the BusinessDay of October 13, 2009 The world recently marked a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an incident that has been described by many as the beginning of the global financial crisis. This seems a decent time to take a look at one anthropologist’s take on the crisis.Gillian Tett, a Ph.D in social anthropology from Cambridge University, [...]

My name is Damilare Onajole of damilare.net. I am a web developer, internet enterpreneur, and a philosophy student of Lagos State University, Nigeria. I will be taking NigeriansTalk’s reader and other bloggers through an exploration of various blogging tools, tips and techniques. I may also dabble into other areas like Technology and Business. I started using the computer and internet [...]

From the BusinessDay of October 6, 2009 To become a member of the German parliament, the Bundestag, one either has to be directly elected to represent a constituency, or one has to be on a party list. Let me explain.On Election Day, Germans cast two votes, one for a particular candidate, and the other for a party. The first vote [...]

Hello I’m Omosi. Like everyone and their mother, I am so many things, an internet junkie, a bibliophile, a blogger, a music lover and a Nigerian, to name a few. I have been blogging on and off since 2003, my current blog is 25, an outlet for my word vomit.  Sha sha (i.e. anyways/anyhooo), I will be putting up links pertaining to [...]

There has been a proliferation of African lifestyle magazines in recent years. True Love and Arise readily come to mind. It is nice to see that they are getting noticed outside the continent. New York Times has a story on them. If you can excuse the opening and a few other gaffs, the story is worth reading: Sub-Saharan Africa does [...]

Azafi works as an Editor, believes she’s creative, has never written professionally, loves to criticise and now wants to do something about it. She has a B.Sc in Mass Communication and an M.Sc in Political Science from the University of Lagos, she’s just opened her fourth and final blog at aquatictendency.blogspot.com. She lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

Seye Abimbola has an MBChB from the Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU) Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He edited his medical school journal, IFEMED from 2004-06 and he has also been international advisor to journals published by the BMJ Group since 2005. His articles have appeared in IFEMED, student BMJ, as well as the BMJ. He was awarded the 2007 BMJ Clegg Scholarship and [...]

Hi! I’m Bola… a writer cum Film maker cum Social Commentator! I decided to heed the call to duty (to blog on this site) when I had an epiphany that all the things I wanted to achieved had not quite been achieved, not for want of opportunity, because I had sat on my arse (oops!) for a tad too long! [...]