Grandiose Parlor

“Govt unveils 25-year power generation development plan” goes the headline in one of the Nigerian newspapers- the Guardian: July 29, 2006 edition.
“…The country would achieve power generation capacity of 14,837 MW by 2009 and in 2010 the level will hit 15,853mw…12 different power stations are at various stages of completion to ensure the actualisation of […]

Resident Nigerians are crime-shocked. The Nigerian newspapers: Punch (Ehindero’s frustration- Ehindero is the Inspector General; he runs the Nigerian Police Force) and the Guardian (Nigeria’s long list of curious deaths) run editorials on security in the Nigerian nation, and all fingers point at the Nigerian Police Force. This is not solely because of its gross […]

The last 48 hours have been stressful to say the least. Blogger keeps bogging the living crap out of me- this site went ‘loco’ (zanny) for 24 hours; laptop crashed; data lost; bank screwed up; assasins gone wild in Nigeria- must we keep snuffing lives out of each other to prove a point? What’s […]

I wonder how many Nigerians are aware of what the Nigerian Diaspora day is about. Definitely I’m not one of those in the know. What about the Nigerian National Volunteer Service? Don’t ask me I don’t know much about it.
Via the website of the Nigerian embassy in New York:
“The Nigerian National Volunteer Service (NNVS) cordially […]

“We have witnessed several disasters in recent times when lives and properties were lost in collapsed buildings. To address these issues it became necessary to develop a systematic model to review the operation of building control mechanism…”–Dr Mimiko, Nigerian Minister for Housing & Urban Development during the National Council on Housing and Urban Development and […]