Yar’adua confirmed dead
After a long bout with a various number of unnamed illnesses, President Umaru Yar’adua has died, as confirmed by presidential spokesman, Olusegun Adeniyi. His burial has been scheduled for Thursday.[…]
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Meet our contributors – Minna Salami
Independent writer and commentator on African diaspora society & culture, African feminism and racial identities, Founder of MsAfropolitan.com and HuffPo blogger Minna Salami was born in Finland, grew up in Nigeria[…]
Nigeria: Welcome to Lagos III – Welthauptstadt Nigeria
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.
Nigeria: Welcome to Lagos II – Beyond Civic Pride
Part II of Welcome to Lagos takes us to Makoko, built on a lagoon and bustling with activity.
First Impressions on Seeing Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Live in Washington, DC
Hearing Acting President Goodluck Jonathan live was a confrontation with my pre-conceived impressions. All the news reports from Nigeria have a similar air, in that they tend to depict him[…]
Nigeria: Welcome to Lagos – An inspiration
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.
Beyond Gadaffi: Nigeria, Federalism and Other Quicksands
Though identity, as a category of self perception and self-determination, is considered unhelpful and mischievous because of its tendency towards entrenching xenophobia and ghetto mentality in globalised discourse, but one[…]
Gully Erosions: the silent killer in Southeastern Nigeria
http://www.kwenu.com/publications/orabuchi/2006/3erosion_calamity.htm The formation of gullies has become one of the greatest environmental disasters facing many towns and villages in southeastern Nigeria. This region is fast becoming hazardous for human[…]
Jos, Nigeria!
Cross-posted at KTravula.com When I served the country Nigeria in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service in a little village close to the city of Jos in 2005, the state[…]
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Nigerians Talking Science – An IM Conversation
I 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.[…]