The New Danger
The idea that underlines the banality of evil relies on the notion that people are put in situations – by their respective governments or larger authorities, even mere families –[…]
Category: General
On The Nigerian Guy
Cross-posted here. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is a 23 year old man from a comfortable home in Northern Nigeria who attends a university in the United Kingdom. He’s now notorious for[…]
Poverty equals terror? Not necessarily.
First things first, I am exceedingly thankful that no harm came to the passengers of the Northwest Airlines Detroit bound flight that was the target of Friday’s foiled terror attack.[…]
The ‘Dude, It’s Christmas Eve’ Edition
The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #9 Hmmm, firing isn’t good enough Not only cassava but cocoa, oil palm, mangos….. Nothing coherent or polite to say about this Biko this man[…]
The allAfrica.com edition
The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #8 Too small, way too small Raise our voices, hopefully NAIFS ignored Democracy, anyone? Good idea! Not Oil, good.
Culture and Society · General · World Affairs
Exceptionalism, anyone?
Exceptionalism seems to me a distinctly Western way of thinking about things. Yes, I know how that sounds. I don’t like the whole Ubuntu notion either, which seems like the[…]
A visionary, a crook, a book fair and others
The NigeriansTalk.org Weekly Linked List #7 Dejavu???? The man is a visionary, a visionary I say! Millions, library, Naija? He should be shot. Ndike festival and book fair starts today[…]
Culture and Society · General · World Affairs
Alternative Science, Junk Science
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · World Affairs
Thinking about Evolution (2)
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[…]
Do You Trust Yourself?
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[…]