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Etisalat unveiled its new network last week, making it Nigeria's fifth mobile phone operator. Hakeem Bello-Osagie, chairman of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services, or EMTS, owners of the license operated by Etisalat, said at the ceremony last Friday that Etisalat is expected to use a marketing strategy of reduced tariffs to... [view entry]
1. In the queue at Virgin Nigeria Lagos (International Airport - for the moment). A man pays a middle man to jump the queue and get his ticket. Steam slowly arises from my ears. Later, I see him at the bar in the departure lounge, chatting up a woman. Her... [view entry]
We shared the same alma mater, Hull Uni, where I watched many a fine production at the Gulbenkian Theatre on campus. If only I had a copy of The Talented Mr Ripley, I'd watch it in his honour today. Can't wait to see the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency with Jill... [view entry]
Easter was always my favourite festival. All the choccy amidst pagan undertones, and the thrusting of spring usually well on the way. The cricket season and the smell of fresh cut grass just round the corner, followed by lazy summer days... Wrapped up in it was the minor thrill of... [view entry]
Forwarded email:Hello,I hope this finds you well. I know I have been in touch with you over the last year regarding Sesame Workshops plan to produce a local version of Sesame Street in Nigeria. We are finally kicking off our activities for the first phase of the project and will... [view entry]
One of my former students at The Bartlett, Martin Hampton, wins the Silver Egg at Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film Festival 2008, for his short documentary film Possessed. Click here to watch. [view entry]
After an involving and exhausting 3 day retreat for the new NEITI Board in Calabar, yesterday afternoon, a colleague and I visited the Drill Monkey Rehab centre on Ndidem Nsang Iso Road, just a few minutes from the city centre. It was pure therapy to stare at the chimpanzees (rescued... [view entry]
An article by Lagos-based Walidmar Pelser, which originally appeared here.While most African churches condemn homosexuality and most governments ban it outright, a Nigerian reverend has set up a ministry for gay Christians in West Africa's largest city, reports Waldimar Pelser from Lagos.18 men in northern Nigeria face 10 years in... [view entry]
Stands for queer. I am stuck in Calabar and can't open up my own site to reply to the commentor who threatens me with a police cell (strangely, I can log in to blogger however). I'm not quite sure what the offence would be however - that bill wasn't passed... [view entry]
