Loving living and laughing in Nigeria
Naijablog ranks 4232 in Africa and 255 in Nigeria. According to site visitors it ranks 72, and 87 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 10130 and 10036 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
Here. It comes down to this,"Non-indigenes are openly denied the right to compete for government jobs and academic scholarships. Members of the largely Muslim Hausa ethnic group are classified as non-indigenes in Jos and surrounding communities, though many have lived there for several generations."There are some eye-witness accounts
Forwarded message:Young People Power! March 16 is the date that young Nigerians will march in Abuja to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Time: 11am Venue: National Assembly, Abuja (We gather at Eagle Square at 11am PROMPT) Demands:
An absorbing interview with Sarah Ladipo Manyika in African Writing Online, here.
The BBC has dished out a couple of Blackberries to see what happens in what they call a "remote" Nigerian village. In reality, Gitata is an hour's easy drive away from Abuja, along a road very similar to a dual-carriageway in the UK. Hardly remote, but who is checking?
Nigerian Red Cross Society, Plateau State Branch 07/03/2010 Situation Report on an attack on Four Villages in Jos South and B/Ladi LGAs of Plateau State A joint team of the NRCS, Plateau state branch and NEMA visited Dogo Na Hauwa, a village about
Craig Murray's book, "The Catholic Orangemen of Togo" is available free to download online. Chapter three has some interesting/controversial remarks on Nigeria!
Tony Baldry is the Conservative MP for North Oxfordshire. He is also James Ibori's QC (lawyer) in the UK. I wonder what his constituents would think if they knew of one of his other revenue streams? As Craig Murray's post (see the March 4th entry) points out, Baldry
Tatalo Alamu's blog is here. Is it a public secret or still just a secret who Mr Alamu really is? The abundance of adjectives and florid nineteenth century style gives the game away - one can almost hear the voice of the man as he speaks.
Catchy first song by Lola Okusami. Listen to it here.
