Archive for November, 2009

Alternative Science, Junk Science

2 / November 28, 2009 6:03 pm

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 [...]

On Pride and the Budget

0 / November 24, 2009 5:39 pm

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 [...]

On Pride and the Budget

On Pride and the Budget

0 / November 24, 2009 5:38 pm

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 [...]

Thinking about Evolution (2)

0 / November 20, 2009 10:33 pm

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 [...]

Do You Trust Yourself?

0 / November 18, 2009 4:43 am

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 [...]

Oil, Power, Food and good old Police brutality.

0 / November 12, 2009 12:52 pm

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 [...]

Africa after 1989

Africa after 1989

0 / November 10, 2009 5:40 pm

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 [...]

Health, Food and Bode George

0 / November 5, 2009 8:25 pm

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 [...]

Thinking about Evolution

4 / November 4, 2009 6:39 am

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” – [...]

How I became a Nigerian

How I became a Nigerian

0 / November 3, 2009 9:38 am

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 [...]