Does the 74 year old retired justice have any solid evidence to back up his statement…or is this a case of early-onset senility? Continue reading…
Elections 2011: Is the tide turning?
Source: Vanguard newspapers
Splattered on the several mainstream media outlets are the reports on bombing attacks on electoral office and polling station in central and northwestern Nigeria. From the Oyinbo-land I live in Upper Midwestern U.S, one could easily be made to believe that the election in Nigeria on Saturday April 9 may not be any different from previous ones marred with widespread violence and electoral fraud. This may not be the case this year. It does appear the violence is limited to just few areas, and the election has been relatively free and fair. Continue reading…
NIGECS – Nigeria interactive data map debuts
I love data. Few months back I was ranting to a colleague that there is no reliable health data online about Nigeria; then I was looking though the scientific journals for the prevalence rate of hypertension and type II diabetes. But I could not find any recent data. Then I discovered NIGECS [http://www.nigerianlgaclassification.com/index.html"]. Continue reading…
Tweets, news and bombs
Several hat-tips to fellow countrymen who took to Twitter to break the news on the Abuja bomb blasts. The Christian Science Monitor has a story written by Jeremy Weate (blogger at Naijablog) on the impressive display of crowd-sourced news made possible via several 140-character Twitterese, excerpts: Continue reading…
Nigeria: 50 years of patriotic zeal?
I don’t have much to say, really. My activities here on this blog and elsewhere in the blogosphere give an impression of where I stand. If one would not get distracted by government rhetoric, there is an unmistakable lack of patriotic zeal across the land…and the reasons are obvious. Continue reading…
Kenyan Pundit on CNN
Fellow Kenyan blogger, Ory Okolloh, has come a loooong way!
Now she’s on CNN and World Economic Forum. Ride on sista! Watch Ory on CNN:
Soldiers to the rescue
I have always been a fan of the American Army Corps of Engineers; it’s mission shows why I do: “Provide vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen our Nation’s security, energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters.”
What’s the mission of their Nigerian counterpart, in peace time? Continue reading…