Stories about Nigeria from May, 2006
Nigeria: Constitutional Amendment
Chippla proivdes some essential background and explanations on the Nigerian proposed constitutional amendment to enable Obasanjo to run for a third term.
Nigeria: Airport failures
UnilagFaces comments on Nigeria's premier airport in Lagos and the lack of sanitary facilities.
Nigeria: Literature
Molara Wood publishes an interview with Nigerian author, Sefi Atta who wrote “Everything Good Will Come”.
Oil Pipeline Blast in Nigeria as Nigerian bloggers see it
A devastating oil pipeline blast hit Nigeria yet again, last week resulting in the death of over 200 people. I have compiled the perspective of some Nigerian bloggers about the sad event.
Nigeria: Constitutional debate
Musings of a Naijaman comments on the continued debate or rather “(or-stand-up-and-be-counted process) that is taking place in Nigeria on the constitution. His villain of the day is Abdul Oroh who has gone from human rights activists to apologist for extending Obasanjo's tenure.
Black Britian: mental illness
Soul on Ice discusses mental illness amongst Britains black population. Africans and African Caribbean have the highest incidence of mental illness despite their relatively low numbers in the wider population
Nigeria: African Names
Chippla has a great post on the use of African names and points out the influence from the colonial period on names used by Nigerians and the naming of Nigerian places with European names.
Nigeria: Media censorship
Silent Storms in an Ocean of One comments on the Nigerian government's revoking of AIT's TV licence..”its live coverage of the ongoing senatorial (or should i say in-sane-torial) debate over the constitutional amendments that will allow obasanjo serve a third term in office.”
This Week's Synopsis of West African Weblogs
Nigeria Political Impasse in Nigeria– Yebo Gogo Fontaine at Yebo Gogo, continues the discussion on the political impasse in Nigeria as a result of an attempt to extend the tenure of the current president, Mr. Obasanjo, whose tenure expires in 2007. “Rumors have been swirling the past few weeks that...
Nigeria: Constitutional amendment
Adefunke on Adefunke comments on the Nigerian consitutional amendment and asks if there is a copy available online for citizens to read and asks “My concerns are about the very bad precedent this will set, a sitting administration amending the constitution without following due process. What will stop some future...
Nigeria: Solar power
Afromusing reports that Nigeria is to start a N10 million (about $78,00) solar power project that will serve 5000 people – a huge saving on traditional power supply.
Nigeria: Third term
CyBlug Nigeria publishes an open letter to Obasanjo by Rev. Fr. George Ehusani, Secretary General, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria calling for the President to stop the third term movement immediately.
African Music #8
I recently had a discussion with a friend about fair trade and it threw up some deep questions about African music. Who really owns the rights to the recordings? Who brokers what? How connected is the artist to his/her audience market? Is the music industry inherently complex? Is this solely...
Nigeria: Nail boys in Jos
Kids Doc in Jos gets hit by local “nail boys” or “revenue boys” – they stop your car place a board with nails on the road in front and demand money…Doctors get discounts so instead of paying N10,000 you only pay N2,500 about £15
Nigeria: Julias Berger unethical drugs
Grandiose Parlor reports that one of Nigeria's largest foreign businesses, Julias Berger has been ” nailed for unethical ‘pharmaceutical practices and discriminatory administration of drugs’ by the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) late last month. The regulatory agency has since shut down all four...
Voices of African Women
Afromusing continues her excellent reports on solar power in Africa. She has opened up her blog to take questions on alternative energy in Africa and here she answers a question from Mshairi on when will the high costs of installing solar panels come down. Yes, the time is drawing near...
African Diaspora: Hard times for Africans in France and Belgium
Several francophone blogs have tackled African immigrants’ latest tribulations in France and Belgium. Choosing Immigrants Le Pangolin criticizes French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest round of immigration policies. The blogger sees Sarkozy’s approach as a diversion from the real social issues raised by protestors of the CPE [Youth Employment Law]....
Africa Diaspora: UK elections
A number of Diaspora blogs have commented on the recent local elections in the UK and Labour's poor showing. Aba Boy, Ijebuman and Musings of a Naijaman
Nigeria: Third term politics
Chippla continues his commentary opposing Obasanjo running for a third term. He is particuarly concerned that opposition to the “third term” is being silenced by the government and supporters of Obasanjo.
Nigeria: open source
Timbuktu Chronicles points to the Wazobia open source project that was developed by Nigerians, Segun Oni and Bolaji Onibudo. “The OS is accessible in Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo and English, to make Nigerians feel more at home in their computing environment…”
Nigeria: power of oil
Nigeria:long & difficult history; corruption, greed & murder of the innocents! writes on the power of oil and the country Nigeria could have been and uses the shape of the Benue and Niger River which with their intersection makes a Y shape. “Foreign capital was rolling in at close to...