A journey through life
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2010
Did you see watch the opening ceremony of the world cup? In Nigeria, that was the question everyone asked. For many, it was simply a job well done, a breathtaking performance. All performers were excellent. It included music and dance from six African countries, South Africa’s legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Nigeria’s Femi Kuti did not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2010
The African textile, the Adire is very popular outside its shores. This was clearly brought to fore at the impressive turn out at a recent workshop organized by the Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria. The workshop which attracted a host of foreigners from different parts of the world enabled participants to make Adire using [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2010
At last the ailing Nigerian President Yar adua has agreed to hand over power to the Vice president, Good Luck Jonathan. This news comes seven weeks after his absence in the country. Legal adviser to the President announced this to the BBC, reporting that the sick president would write a letter saying he was on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2010
Finally a Nigerian court cleared the way on Wednesday for Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to perform all presidential duties while the country’s ailing leader is away. This may just be beginning of the real play of politics in the Nigerian polity. As the Vice president takes responsibility, Nigerians can only pray that the President returns soon, because earlier [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2009
The new international head of environmental activists Greenpeace said today he would make protecting human life more of a priority for the group from now on. South African Kumi Naidoo, who fought against apartheid as a teenager, took over the position today. Mr Naidoo told the BBC he vowed to connect Greenpeace’s current focus on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2009
It is the story of a girl born to a clan of nomadic goat herders in Somalia who flees her remote village at the age of 13 when she discovers her family have arranged for her to be the fourth wife of a man more than twice her age.
She travels from Mogadishu to London [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2008
A Nigerian high court has ordered the oil giant, Shell, to return land housing an oil and gas terminal to its original owners. Shell Nigeria agreed to rent the land on which it built Nigeria’s largest oil export terminal in 1958 from the residents of Bonny in Rivers state. But the customary land owners took [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai may be named the prime minister of the country, while President Robert Mugabe maintains his position ceremonially according to a power sharing deal reached yesterday.
Tsvangirai came out from a long peace meeting mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki to declare that there was finally a deal on power-sharing in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
The just concluded soccer fiesta in Tinapa, Nigeria marked a wonderful beginning for soccer in the country. It featured English Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United FC; English FA Cup winner, Portsmouth FC; Nigeria’s Super Eagles and one of the 20 teams in the Globacom Premier League.
The event, the first of [...]
