My Nigeria…

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I respect the BBC, I really do, I definitely think they are less biased than some of the other Western media, i.e CNN… However, I am continually puzzled at their insistence on reporting events in Nigeria from a Christian vs. Muslim perspective.
For example, take a look at this piece of garbage reporting about the riots [...]

Bisi swears by this story… She says in happened in 1992  or 1993.
Anyway, in 1986, Segun Bankole visited Yankari game reserve.
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young lion cub (about 18-20 months old) limping on 3 legs. The lion seemed distressed, so Segun approached it very carefully. He got down on [...]

Nigeria is truly an amazing country. While criminals go about their business in the National Assembly , crime-fighter Nuhu Ribadu was arrested by the EFCC
Security operatives yesterday dragged the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, from the graduation ceremonies at the NIPSS. Ribadu, who had successfully [...]

I just have to shake my head in bewilderment at how in Nigeria, the more things change, the more they stay the exact same…
I remember reading about the late Bola Ige being asked to merely take a bow at his Ministerial Confirmation hearing in 1999, of course he went on to underperform at both the [...]

Couldn’t write a better action themed screenplay even if you tried…
Bank Robbery- Check
Murder – Check
Speedboats- Check
Police with big guns and an armored personnel carrier- Check
So there you have it, all the essential ingredients for a Hollywood Nollywood blockbuster, alas this is no fiction, but reality in Nigeria, circa 2008.
Check this story out:
Robbers shoot 4 dead [...]

So which is it, is Nigeria a leading wireless market or not?
From Telegraphy
Speaking at a conference in Spain, Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao revealed that the company was interested in establishing a presence in Nigeria. ‘It doesn’t take a very sophisticated analysis to see it is one of the very few large markets [...]

If the state can use taxpayer funds to send people on religious pilgrimages all around the world, surely it can use taxpayer funds to guarantee the security of religious establishemts within Nigeria’s borders?
It is shameful that in 2008, things like this are still going on. Maybe those who engaged in the rampage didn’t get approved [...]

Only in Nigeria. Before we figure out how to do one thing properly, we’ve already moved on to the next thing. The funny thing is that in typical naija fashion, the company that is supposed to put the NigComSat 2 and NigComSat 3 project together seems to be a ghost entity, a shell company if [...]

Glad to see that justice has been brought to bear on these guys. However, I am still a bit confused as to how 7,000 “machine guns, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades” can be stolen from the Army, but then again, stranger things have been known to happen.
Ultimately, life in prison is a befitting punishment, but at [...]

Hmmmm… It seems William Jefferson, the congressman who allegedly received $90,000 from Abubakar Atiku our former president-in-waiting obasanjo’s nemesis Vice-President as a bribe is set to be re-elected thanks to tribalism American style the black-vote.
Remember William Jefferson, the Louisiana congressman who was indicted last year on bribery, racketeering and money laundering charges?
Well, he’s still in [...]