My Nigeria…

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I am glad to see that the world is finally paying attention to what happens to kids in African countries, including Nigeria who are placed as servants with more affluent families …
It is good that the authorities in the US are stepping up to the plate to handle such situations, question is, when shall the [...]

I think the EFCC has forgotten that there is something called extradition, and when such a thing exists, the person to be extradited cannot just be thrown in a carton and shipped back to Nigeria, but due process must be followed. Such due proccess is usually based on the treaties which exist between Nigeria and [...]

Ran across this article in Thisday:
THISDAY ONLINE
The crash in oil prices at the international market has manifested in the depletion of Nigeria’s revenue as the nation recorded a drop of N177.52 billion in accruals to the Federation Account last November.

The revenue  that accrued to the Federation Account from oil, according to a [...]

Why are there so many darn holidays in Nigeria? At last count, for 2009 we have about 11 work days that are destined to be public holidays:
1 Jan New Year’s Day.
10-13 Apr Easter.
9 Mar Mouloud (Birth of the Prophet).
1 May Workers’ Day.
1 Oct Independence Day.
21 Sep Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan).
28 Nov Eid al-Kabir (Feast [...]

Says a lot about the sad state of Nigerian affaris that no one was surprised that Yar’Adua’s victory in the 2007 election would be validated by the Supreme Court.
Since every cloud has a silver lining, the only good to come out of the Supreme Court decision is that the rule of law has prevailed.
I wish [...]

Yar’Adua must think Nigerians are just too dumb for words. I mean, isn’t this the same man whose administration closed down Channels TV for the God-Awful crime of reporting of saying things about him which were simply not true. Isn’t this the same Yar’Adua whose security forces are arresting journalists for daring to step out of [...]

Nigeria’s Country-Code Top Level Domain ccTLD has been in virtual limbo for close to half a decade. This is an issue which should have been resolved ages ago, however, in such instances, late is definitely better than never.
If I was involved in this issue, and I wasn’t, I would probably have done what Olusegun Obasanjo [...]

419 is deplorable in all its ramifications, so  please take what I am about to say in jest. Anyway, it seems this guy did not know there is something called “the internet” so he decided to go and do 419 the old fashioned way, face to face and with people he knows…
A 45-YEAR old man [...]

Hopefully, the skies have become somewhat safer. It is an open secret that most airlines use planes that have been flying since the Wright Brothers took to the air in Dayton, Ohio… Ok, that’s a joke, but you get my point.
Anyway, kudos to Arik Air…
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has formally taken delivery of its first [...]

Ok, maybe I am a bit confused as I didn’t really get the memo, but isn’t Nigeria a country with a working judiciary? We are neither a failed state, nor are we one where there is no such thing as the rule of law.
Consequently, why on earth should Chevron be sued in the United States [...]