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2by Kola Tubosun
On “being” the relative of a dead prince
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If we must tweet the Change we want…
5By Aloofar It is 50 years and Nigeria, like every other country craving for a change in its affairs, has witnessed series of civil demonstrations in all its known forms: sit-ins, arm-in-arm protests, sloganeering placards, angry words from exiled citizens [...]
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook
17The news that President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria had created a Facebook page eventually got to me through Google Buzz where comments had been made to the effect that the power infrastructure issue should be easy to solve. Apparently, the [...]
Nigerians Talking Science – An IM Conversation
4I thought I’d have you listen in on this IM conversation I had with a friend from medical school, Simon Adebola, about science, science illiteracy and biomedical science in Nigeria/Africa. Simon blogs at iInitiative. Simon Adebola: So tell me, what [...]
Weekly Blog Round-Up
029/01/10 – 05/02/10 Yes, we get it. Apple’s soon-to-be-released tablet, iPad, sounds uncomfortably similar to a popular female sanitary product. Jokes over. Though, Kola Tubosun points out the less obvious difficulty with the iPawd brand. Shortly after the foiled terrorist [...]
7 Tips to Becoming a Better Blogger: The Nigerian Perspective
6The word ‘blog’, ‘blogger’ or ‘blogging’ come into existence with the advent of Web 2.0. Websites such as www.blogger.com and www.wordpress.com provided a free means (e.g. www.spiritofjesus.blogspot.com or www.charmingff.wordpress.com) for people who are generally referred to as bloggers to have [...]
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Nigeria, fastest growing [insert relevant term]
0Technological advance hasn’t exactly been the buzz-phrase in West Africa during the last decade, but the history books will most certainly use it regularly to refer to the immense leaps taken in a relatively short period of time. Nigeria will [...]
Does broadband in Africa mean a hacker’s paradise?
4I recently went to BarCampAfricaUK here in London. For those of you who don’t know what a BarCamp is, it’s generally a gathering of people around a topic, where all the attendees can contribute by hosting a talk, or by [...]
Around the Blogs and Back
0The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #1 The following are some interesting stories we have found this week from the Nigerian blogosphere. We plan on featuring such links every Thursday. Chxta gives a blow-by-blow rundown of Anambra gubernatorial politics from 1999 [...]
Dear World, We choose to #lightupnigeria
20Nneoma introduces the #lightupnigeria movement and offers some suggestions for moving forward. turenchi: Is Yaradua on Twitter? Will he see #lightupnigeria if it trends? Admittedly, I am usually the last person to latch onto a trend – peep-toe shoes, oversize [...]
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