I just joined a Facebook group and I found the question ” Nigeria’s Movie Industry (Nollywood), Quality or Quantity?” on the discussion board of the group. I decided to contribute to the discussion. The contribution ran some lenght so I thought, Why not make a post out of it? So, here is it as a… Read More »
The Nigerian Central Bank Governor, Professor Soludo, really meant it when he said he wanted the Nigerian naira to become the legal tender in West Africa. I recently blogged about Nigeria as a black superpower; I think Soludo too believes that. He has outlined plans to revalue the naira by cutting off two zeros from… Read More »
I don’t know if you guys know, but my research is on informal economy in West Africa…. This morning, I got a confirmation that I am on the right track. I saw George Ayittey’s Ted Talk presentation and it reinforced what I always thought: the real economy in most African countries is the informal economy.… Read More »
Jeff Koinange, CNN’s Africa correspondent was fired by CNN on May 29. Many people have said that it was because it was found that he fabricated a large part of the story on MEND in Nigeria. I am still wondering what he fabricated. Was the display of the hostages also ‘fabircated’? I think that CNN… Read More »
My mother called me yesterday evening to tell me that they had been forced to stay at home all day because of riots in the town and the whole state. I was told that people were rioting over the results of the gubernatorial elections. It was alleged that it was rigged in favour of the… Read More »
I have been following the April 14th elections on NVS and I have not been surprised by anything. I did not think that we would have a free and fair elections; all I hoped for was that the election would hold anyway, and that people would start getting used to the idea that there are… Read More »
I stumbled on the Nuhu Ribadu the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) boss interview on the BBC website. Now, I understand that there are many probelms with the EFCC but seeing the man talk on the programme really made me feel that he might actually mean what he is doing as the boss… Read More »
Sorry that I have not been consistent. Well, consistent wouldn’t be the word now, would it? I posted only once, with my worries and ruminations, and then I stopped posting. Now, I am posting again. I think I should say, with a measure of sureness, that I will do more of this as from now… Read More »
Anybody ever worried about steps? Anybody ever thought about how a foot is placed before the other, and then the other before it? I have finished one phase of my life and taking the next step, putting the other foot in front of the present one, seems to be a bigger deal than I ever… Read More »