Grandiose Parlor

As Nigeria approaches the 2007 elections, it is worrisome that several of the presidential candidates are failing to address pertinent issues crucial to the integrity and progress of the nation.
Trae Days has a post listing some of the presidential hopefuls. Several names on this list have questionable agenda, and many haven’t even revealed anything beyond […]

“…Africans are starting to take matters into their own hands. Ingenious solutions are being applied to tackle some of the toughest health and infrastructure problems. Businesses are being launched that are capable of transforming the lives of millions. New communication technologies are allowing ideas and information to spread, enabling markets–and governments–to be more efficient…”– TEDGlobal […]

“The African Diaspora [African immigrant population] is a demographically distinct subgroup that is (erroneously) grouped under the “black / African American” group. This grouping may have some socioeconomic implications, particularly a less-than-adequate coverage/attention in magazines and other periodicals.”
There is a short survey at the EthnicLoft blog aiming to test this assumption and measure other associated […]

Flushed with petrol dollars accrued from record-high crude oil price, the Nigerian government has finally deemed it fit to revamp its dinosauric railway system.
The Nigerian railway network consists of a 3,505 km narrow gauge line. The first railroad was constructed in 1898 (Lagos- Abeokuta) in the southwestern corner of the country. Besides the rail lines […]

I realized the United States of America is in trouble when the Condi Rice started using a phrase like: “sustainable cease-fire”.
The last time I checked, the definition of Cease-fire is, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, ‘a suspension of active hostilities’. So to talk of ’sustainability’ of a cease-fire- a temporary action- in the midst […]