· December, 2005

Stories about Nigeria from December, 2005

Nigeira: Telecoms

Chippla's Weblog takes a critical look at Nigeria's telecoms industry……………The Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, or NITEL as it is widely known, had been doing this ever since it was established. And...

30 December 2005

Kenya in London and Goose for xmas dinner

African Bullets & Honey shares his xmas dinner of wild goose….For dinner we baked the wild goose marinated in tangerines, strawberries, red onions, garlic and clove powder among other spices....

26 December 2005

Nigeria: Xmas in my home town

Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories writes that like millions of other Nigerians at Christmas time, he is off to his home town which is called Saki in Oyo State where the heat is...

26 December 2005

Nigeria: HIV

Black Start Journal reports on the Nigeria's new initiative that will provide free antiretroviral drugs to HIV/AIDS sufferers. Nigeria has the third highest HIV rate in the world.

26 December 2005

AIDS in Africa

Lest some of us forget a few of life's realities at this time of much merrymaking etc Grandiose Parlour reminds us via Medecins Sans Frontieres of the impact and cost...

22 December 2005

Nigeria: Christmas

Kid's Doc in Jos posts on Christimas in Nigeria……….Weather: dry and dusty. Travel: Like Thanksgiving in the US, this is the time for traveling home.Decorations: modest by American standards, but...

22 December 2005

Nigeria: African leaders

On a lighter mode – a great tune but hey you need to change the song sometime! He has some questions about African leaders….”Is it true that Presidents are usually...

22 December 2005

Nigeria: party time

Molara Wood has some cool photos “owambe belles” and “Lagos lass“. And if you write love poetry you can submit to the African Love Poems to be published next year.

22 December 2005

Kenya: Coming home

Afromusings muses on her return home to Kenya and is impressed by the changes to the airport and other things………………” On our drive out of the airport, i saw the...

20 December 2005

Nigeria: alamieyeseigha

More on Bayelsa ex Governor Alamieyeseigha from Nigerian blogger Oluniyi David Ajao….”I must say here that Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is not the only kleptocrat in Nigeria, or in the world for...

20 December 2005

Nigerian blogoshpere this week

Following three recent airline crashes in Nigeria Chippla has written an excellent series of reports on the Nigerian Aviation Sector. The reports examine each of the crashes, the response of...

20 December 2005

SA: Loosing Nigerians

South Africa writes about the Home Affairs dept loosing 200 people who flew in from Nigeria on a SAA flight and the failure of the government to “punish” whoever was...

19 December 2005

Nigeria: Bad debts

Nigerian blogger, Agodi News asks why the Nigerian government is getting new loans when it cannot pay off it's present debts?

19 December 2005

Nigeria: Ibadan politics

Nigerian World News writes about the “brutal” nature of Ibadan politics which is once again rearing its head. . Ibadan is the capital of Oyo State in Yorubaland.

16 December 2005

Nigeria: Nollywood

Nigerian Times writes about the Nigerian film industry known as Nollywood. “Nigeria is Nollywood and Nollywood is Nigeria! It is the story of a people who dream dreams shaped by...

16 December 2005

419 & Chickens in Ghana

My Heart is in Accra points to two stories on Africa in this week's Christian Science Monitor.…One on “yahoo-yahoo” boys comes from Nigeria and the other on Ghana's chicken industry.

16 December 2005

Nigeria: aviation sector

Chippla continues is expose of the Nigerian aviation industry……”Sosoliso Airlines, which was involved in a recent crash and Chanchangi Airlines. The fact that Chanchangi Airlines had remained flying all this...

15 December 2005

Nigeria: Credit

Timbaland of Nigeria writes about the newly available credit to Nigerian citizens..…”The Nigerian economy is fast becoming an advanced one with the inevitable e-commerce boom coming up soon and the...

15 December 2005

Nigeria: GV 05

Soul on Ice blogs on last Saturday's GV summit with some “cool” photos! (Had to put this one in) “I had the honour and privilege last weekend of attending the...

15 December 2005