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This opinion piece was originally published at http://www.akinblog.nl/ presaging a hopefully intelligent debate on the issue of wife-battering and society’s response to that issue. A tabloid frenzy On Twitter and[…]
This blog was first published as Editorial: Pretentious Righteous Indignation at http://akinblog.nl The Nigerian Youth Facebook once again presents the context of this editorial where I got involved in a[…]
Culture and Society · General · Literature · Politics
Peeping Dom ‘Wiping the unbelieving suds from his eyes, Dominique peeped once more through the judas hole in the bathroom door. He saw the panty-hosed assassin sent by Nicolas lean[…]
Culture and Society · General · Literature · Writing
the guardian asked zadie smith, one of a handful of contemporary writers, to comment on her rules for writing. since i found zadie’s list to be depressing, pessimistic, and utterly without joy,[…]
Culture and Society · Essays · General
See the first part here In my previous article of the same title, I attempted a backgrounding of the many issues that have made it impossible for quality programming to[…]
I am sitting cross-legged in my sitting room, staring at my blank television screen. It is blank because I have refused to switch it on. Television is very important to[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
The spread of the results in the recently concluded presidential elections in Nigeria are a serious talking issue, I present an analysis of the figures that make a lie of[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
This was cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl Done and dusted A new Nigeria just hatched out of its egg in the last 48 hours wherein the presidential elections took[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
This was cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl Being aware of rigging opportunities Giving some flesh to a tweet – @boosoolalab The problems could be efficiency, intimidation, access, bias and[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
This is cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl INEC failing itself Now over 72 hours since the National Assembly elections were concluded in Nigeria, we find ourselves at crossroads of[…]