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Weekly Blog Round-Up

29/01/10 – 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 plot to blow-up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, blogger and regular NigeriansTalk Contributor, Seye Abimbola, described several instances of religious fundamentalism he witnessed while schooling.  Emeka Okafor, in his blog, Africa Unchained, shares a series of links (here and here) on the increasing trend of “religious zealotry” amongst Nigerian university students.

Bloggers Loomnie and Chxta share their arguments for a unified Nigeria.

oreoluwa: I was wondering when the ‘old’ Dora Akunyili would return: http://bit.ly/bZTymB <— Minister of Information, Dora Akunyili joins Nigerian public in urging President Yar’adua to step down and cede power to vice president.

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