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According to Sahara Reporters, the captain of Nigeria's Under 17 team, Fortune Chukwudi, is actually 25 years old.. http://www.saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4138:adokiye-amiesimaka-the-man-who-told-the-truth&catid=58:football&Itemid=182 Excuse the flowery prose..Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN [view entry]
Fela is far more celebrated in public culture in Brasil than he is in Nigeria, as these publicity images for various events around the country celebrating Fela this month show (only the Kuti family celebrated the anniversary of his death this month via the Felabration at the Shrine). While Fela... [view entry]
Rubens, in his element.., originally uploaded by nobodaddy69.This afternoon, we went to visit Rubens, a man who has planted thousands of trees around Africa. He currently lives in a small paradise close to Abuja, where he teaches the locals to plant trees and love and respect the environment. The fireflies... [view entry]
As soon as the BNP's constitutional change is completed and they accept non-white members, the obvious strategy is for as many non-whites to join and attend their meetings, vote etc. This would help to force them out of mainstream British politics.. [view entry]
The BBC spends bucket loads of money on digital services each year and yet access to its online content via I-Player is ridiculously restricted to the UK. Anyone overseas interested in anything shown recently on one of the BBC's channels has to hope that what you are looking for has... [view entry]
I wonder if the same findings would apply in Nigeria:More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations. The fact that girls are dropping out between age 11 and 13 is being linked to the beginning of the menstruation... [view entry]
The first Abuja Food Festival is set to take Abuja by storm on Saturday 31 October 2009 at the Tender Vine Park in Wuse II. Doors open at 11 am and the fun will continue all day until 7 pm. The Abuja Food Festival will bring together the city’s finest... [view entry]
According to bods in the know, malarone is by far the best treatment for malaria (thanks to its combination of atovaquone and proguanil), better even than artemesinin combination therapy (coartem, artequin etc.) So how come malarone is not widely known and not for sale in Nigeria? [view entry]
This seminar will answer the question:Princeton Institute for International and Regional StudiesProgramme in African StudiesFall 2009 Indabapresents“The Globalization of Healthcare Professionals: Migration from Nigeria to the U.S.”byAnita ObodoOctober 28, 20098-9AM216 Aaron Burr HallA light breakfast will be served [view entry]
