Stories about Nigeria from April, 2007
Nigeria: musical gift from Nigeria
“I really got into Nigerian hip hop and R&B music while I was there over the past few weeks. Below are links to my favorite songs from my trip, many of which are fairly old but were new to me” writes Dare Obasanjo.
Blogs and the Nigerian Elections: Will We Stop Talking About Our Cats And Shoes For One Day?
Nigeria has one of the most vibrant and dynamic blogospheres in Africa. It is no wonder that the Nigerian state and presidential elections were heavily blogged by Nigerians at home and abroad. New information and communication tools such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, and social networking sites have the potential to...
Nigeria: stop criticizing the government from the Diaspora
Pause to Ponder defends his opinion about the state of Nigerian democracy: “The above topic was inspired by my last post, which has earned me bashing from 2 fellow bloggers, I bet a lot more are still coming. Their vituperations are long awaited though, because of my own perspectives of...
Nigeria: Umar Musa Yar’ Adua wins presidency
The World According to Adaure breaking news: “Nigerians now have a new president in the person of Umar Musa Yar’ Adua. He garnered over 24 million votes in the April 21st presidential election. Mohammed Buhari came in second with 6 million votes, while Atiku Abubakar got over 2.6 million votes…The...
Nigeria: blogger's voting experience
Nigerian blogger, Tayo Odukoya, blogs about his experience in the Nigerian presidential election: “The first observation was that the voting spot was quite devoid of people. If you read the registration process on my previous post “INEC Registration Exercise. Have you registered?”, you'll remember that due to the crowd of...
Africa: Where is Rwanda in Global ICT rankings?
Soyapi Mumba reports and comments on the World Economic Forum Network Readiness Index: “It's unfortunate that Rwanda was not included on the list. Rwanda has been getting a lot praise in Africa for investing a lot in ICT. It is aiming to be the technology hub in Africa and is...
Nigeria: texting election observations
If you are in Nigeria, you can text your observations of the presidential elections: “The number to text to is 0808-4032739. Note that number and tell everyone you know!”
Nigeria: smelling gunpowder
While Nigerians vote in the presidential elections, Nkem writes, “We need to wake up and smell the gunpowder…”
Nigeria: where are the ballot papers?
Akin on the Nigerian presidential election: “However, what leaves me breathless like I have just been punched violently in the belly is the response of the Chairman of INEC to the rumour that a truckload of ballot papers marked in favour of the ruling party had been seized.”
Nigeria: Blogging the historic election (Part 1)
It's election time in Africa's most populous country – Nigeria. Nigerian bloggers have been blogging their sentiments and observations of the election. This round-up gives a brief overview of election reports and views shared by Nigerian bloggers before, during and after last Saturday's gubernatorial election. Pre-election Yomi Says blogs about...
Nigeria: state of emergency to be declared?
Will the state of emergency be declared in Nigeria?: “So just like I wasn’t surprised with the handling of the (s)elections last weekend, I will not be staggered in the slightest if a STATE OF EMERGENCY is declared. But lets get one thing straight…It will be the beginning of the...
Nigeria: chaos continues after elections
Chaos continues after state elections in Nigeria last Saturday: * Opposition kicks against PDP’s landslide victory * Protests rock Edo, Benue, Osun, others * Mob razes palace in Nasarawa * Half-clad women march against ‘falsification’ of Ondo results * Police teargas Oshiomhole, others in Edo
Nigeria: whither democracy?
Black Looks on Nigerian elections: “Nigeria went to the polls on Saturday for the first leg of the elections – the second leg voting for the President and national assembly is next Saturday. Today the Supreme Court ruled null and void the INEC’s (Electorial Commission) disqualification of Vice President Atiku...
Nigeria: post-election video
State elections in Nigeria last Saturday were marred by chaos, violence, and irregularities. Greenlight Nigeria posts a post-election video on YouTube.
Nigeria: audio comments about election results
Greenlight Nigeria collects audio comments about state elections in Nigeria: “I posted this idea – of people using Evoca and this site to respond to the election result, to a few of the Nigerian sites worldwide – early this morning. And here’s our first message”
Nigeria: test of fairness
Grandiose Parlor on Nigeria state elections: “Reports suggest the presidency and state government have manipulated the result in favor of the PDP. Hence the reason for delaying the results in the state. Which I’ve been told has been suspended indefinitely because of fraud. But it appears the PDP has underestimated...
Nigeria: state elections marred by irregularities and violence
Hac Lege on state elections in Nigeria: “As expected, the polls at the recently concluded state elections in Nigeria is eliciting condemnation for various quarters, even before an announcement of results. The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has even gone ahead to cancel some of the results from some states...
Nigeria: Nigeria Elections 2007
The World According to Adaure on Nigeria Elections 2007: “Part one of the much awaited election in Nigeria is finaly here. The Feds on Wednesday declared Thursday and Friday a public holiday, literarily at the very last minute. Many people including myself were rather ticked by this because we didn't...
Nigeria: Oyo State domain name expires
David Ajao briefly discusses domain name usage in Nigeria and reports that the government of Oyo State website displays Google Ads after domain name expiration: A case in point is Oyo State. The government website was at oyostate.gov.ng Later moved to oyostategov.com (for whatever reason). Now the .com domain name...
Blogging Business: West African Bloggers, Inc.
This week, while perusing the Africa business bloggers section of my RSS reader, I noticed a peculiar thing, or maybe this is not so peculiar. But I noticed that a large number of the business blogs that I have been reading lately are authored by writers of West African origins....
Nigeria: where are RSS feeds for Nigerian news media?
Nigerian mainstream media has not embraced RSS to deliver content online: It remains a mystery why the majority of the Nigerian mainstream news media with significant real estates on the Internet have not taken steps to overhaul their various domains to reflect one of the most basic Internet trends of...
