October 31st, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Advocacy, Africa, Blogosphere, Botswana, Health
Ron Hudson, a 21 year survivor of HIV/AIDS living in North Carolina, USA, contacted me a couple of days back about his work: the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP), a blog carnival of and for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families, friends or caregivers.
According to Ron, “one of the aspects of the carnival that is […]
October 31st, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Advocacy, Africa, Blogosphere
Abuja Volunteer, a new blog penned by Indar, a former VSO volunteer, aims to expose the dirt of western nation-funded aid programs, particularly that of the Employment-oriented Private Sector Development Programme funded by Germany. Hat tip to Jeremy (Naijablog) for ushering in the new blog.
I Quoted ActionAid International earlier this year in a post titled […]
October 31st, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Aviation, Nigeria
“It was the pilot’s fault“, says Nigerian Aviation Minister less than 48 hours after the recent airliner crash in Nigeria. Just days earlier, the nation marked the one year remembrance of the victims of a jetliner crash, the first in the series of four air crash fatalities in the past 12 months.
Whatever convincing evidence the […]
October 29th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Corruption, Democracy, Diaspora, Governance, Nigeria
Prompted by the indictment of several Governors and other notable Nigerians by EFCC and the concern for free and fair elections in Nigeria in 2007, the three major sociocultural associations representing Nigerians in America - Egbe Omo Yoruba, the Igbo congress, and the Zumunta Association - issued a communiqué (pdf) last week that questions the fairness and seriousness of the Economic and […]
October 27th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Democracy, Diaspora, Education, Governance, Nigeria
The candidacy of Colet Odenigbo for the Atlanta’s Dekalb county school board was conveyed to me via email. After reading the campaign material and the fund-raising drive, it could easily have pushed the issue aside and move on with my day. After all I don’t know him. However, something hits home about Mr Odenigbo’s mission […]
