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Development Matter
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Governance In Nigeria
This entry was quoted in global voices where Chikezie left a comment that once again fingered the ‘common man’ for the failings of democracy in Nigeria. I will devote a paragraph or two to this comment, because 1. this response is the default response from many Nigerians and 2. It is a variant
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Africa investor and NYSE Euronext to convene Forum for Emerging Market Analysts - African Investor Niger-Delta Committee Releases Findings -AfricanLoft Kiva is a menace - Social Edge
Jos: Why Can’t We All Get Along
Channelling O. J. Simpson, why can’t we all get along in Nigeria. With over 300 deaths resulting from religious violence in some quarters in Jos. A curfew is now under way and a shoot-at-sight directive is now in place. The violence started as random acts from some disgruntled individuals who
Anger Management Experts: Nigeria Needs You
Nigeria is exporting, oops sending some militant youths abroad for job training and anger management classes. My grouse; The programme is being organised with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a government agency jointly funded by the state and by international oil companies to boost development in the region.
Niger Delta Is N.I.M.B.Y, But?
The actions of a few young men in a far flung corner of the world has the potential of large scale disruptions of the economic activities in other parts of the world. On one side of the continuum there is the outright acts of terrorism like that which is
French-Quote Me On Retirement
Oz was quoted here. What do you think? Are my ideas an approximation of reality. I mostly drew from the observation (eyeball data collection) of my clients.
Is Brain Drain Killing Africans?
Conventional Wisdom: Well trained African health workers flee the continent in search of better remuneration in countries with more developed health care systems. This brain drain is ‘bad’ and amounts to a drain on coffers of the government of the source country which translates into poor health care services
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Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies - Chart Globaldashboard I discovered the photography of Sammy Baloji via Africa Is
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Benjamin Ogunyo - Koinonia. Helpinf street children get formal education. ”It’s better to prevent the problems in the first place,” Social Edge Isaac urojaiye and his public toilet business. Shit business is serious business. - Global X. Engineering: Suddenly Sexy for College Grads - BW. About time! In
The World Needs Africa to Work
Should failing African governments be left to collapse? Letting failing systems to collapse is a somewhat romantic ideas because it is assumed that a collapse will forces the agents( in this case citizens of African state) into restructuring and eventually an efficient entity will emerge at the other