The 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 President had zeroed in on a comment and arranged for his aides to contact some “visionary” …
July 9, 2010 – 4:16 pm
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By Akin Akintayo
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Posted in Culture and Society, Politics, Technology
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Tagged Africa, comments, Facebook, Goodluck Jonathan, Google Buzz, Nigeria, Online Communities, President of Nigeria, Social network
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This article was originally written for www.tradeinvestnigeria.com. In May, an Indian trade mission, led by Mr. Ravi Bangar, the deputy permanent representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), paid a visit to Mr. Jubril Martins-Kuye, Nigeria’s Minister for Commerce and Industry. One of the major issues they discussed was the possibility of India …
I don’t know which to pick between May 29 and June 12 as the worst date to look forward to in our political calendar. I don’t know which is, to me, emptier of meaning as far as democracy is the issue. Perhaps, I hold a generally jaundiced view of Nigeria’s political history and career. But …
A Review of Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance Cassava Republic, 339 pages. Chris Ihidero Two recommendations need to be done with utmost care: a book and a spouse. If the wrong recommendations are made, a long hiss may follow your future recommendations. As a rule, I hesitate greatly before …
This documentary was more about promoting Walter than about the brain gain of Nigerians returning home to help build the country.
June 6, 2010 – 2:26 pm
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By Akin Akintayo
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Posted in Culture and Society, General
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Tagged Africa, BBC, England, Government, King Jaja of Opobo, kings, Music video, New Kings Of Nigeria, Nigeria, public school, Reality television, Walter
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Now that we are done with crocodile tears (genuine grief is never done with so fast), it is time for some brutality. We are like the ancients who said: De mortuis nil nisi bonum⎯Only say good things of the dead. I see no bonum in that advice. I only see bunkum. What manner of man, …
In Part III of Welcome to Lagos we see the grand vision of Lagos used to displace people without giving them alternatives — that is the injustice highlighted for all to see.
May 1, 2010 – 10:55 am
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By Akin Akintayo
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Posted in Culture and Society, General
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Tagged Africa, Area Boys, crime, Documentary film, Lagos, Lagos State, Law, Nigeria, Welcome to Lagos
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The former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Yerima has married a 13 year old Egyptian girl for whom he paid her family $100,000. The “marriage” is being discussed in the news but no charges of rape and forced marriage are being pursued. Two other men, Harrison Eze and Ademola Arogboto have both been charged with rape …
Part II of Welcome to Lagos takes us to Makoko, built on a lagoon and bustling with activity.
Welcome to Lagos, a BBC documentary of people who trump the dump with a story of life and ability beyond the settings that would have others deem them caught in a poverty trap.
April 16, 2010 – 7:02 pm
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By Akin Akintayo
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Posted in General
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Tagged Africa, Business and Economy, community, dump, Government, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigerians, Olusosun, people, slum, Welcome to Lagos, Wikipedia
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Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook
The 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 President had zeroed in on a comment and arranged for his aides to contact some “visionary” …