I still remember the shock when I realised that the practice of homeopathy was funded within the National Health Service (NHS) in England. I was taking a lunchtime stroll when I came across the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, which as it turned out was one of the hospitals within the UCL Hospitals NHS trust, which also included the hospital to [...]

This is my BusinessDay column of today. Cross-posted here. Sometime ago, in a forum of Nigerians, someone said that he did not know whether to be proud to be a Nigerian. The response: “How dare you say you might not be proud of Nigeria? That is the kind of thing that makes other countries dump on us! When they hear [...]

In the BusinessDay of December 1, 2009 Sometime ago, in a forum of Nigerians, someone said that he did not know whether to be proud to be a Nigerian.  The response: “How dare you say you might not be proud of Nigeria? That is the kind of thing that makes other countries dump on us! When they hear that someone [...]

Here is a response from my personal blog to Thinking about Evolution, written by Femi Owagbemi, a medical doctor in Nigeria. I couldn’t resist posting it here. This and other responses from Square One can be found here. Evolution is not just a biological concept. It occurs in all facets of life. It is neither merely a human phenomenon but [...]

A couple of years ago I went internet hopping and I came across a site that gives you access to your partner’s conversation.  Basically, if you put in your partner’s phone number, you will be able to listen in to his/her conversation.  That website also had other ‘cool’ tools and services.  I was tempted.  In fact let me be quite [...]

The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #6 Lies or delusion, I don’t know which or maybe both Hmm, just hmm See as trouble dey start. If one third of the money is properly utilized, I’ll be shocked. Will the Nigerian government do anything? Something good is in the works Police una do well o.

In the BusinessDay of November 9, 2009 In Africa, generally, the left-right political divide does not make much sense. I do not remember the last time I heard of a Nigerian political party with meaningful social democratic ideals. I have instead listened to populist politicians talk about how they would make education, health care, and social welfare available to all, [...]

The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #5 NACA wants $7.5 billion to fight HIV/AIDS……….give it to them. Swine flu is here……….oh no! NAFDAC and food………..it’s about time. Sucks to be Cote d’Ivoire…………will we take advantage of this? Another Bode George news item……………here.

There is at least one sense in which Nigeria and the US are very similar: having a remarkably high proportion of religious people – or as the present fad expression goes, people that “have a personal relationship with God” – and of course also having a high proportion of creationists, which follows, so it seems, quite easily. This was the [...]

In the BusinessDay of November 3, 2009 I was not a Nigerian until I lived outside Nigeria. Let me explain.The realization that I am Nigerian hit me right between the eyes when I went to study in Sweden. Apart from the fact that I was a foreigner, that is. Foreigner I was prepared for. The reason I chose to go [...]