If your bank recently declined international transactions on your Mastercard because it is above the allowable daily limit, I found a way around it. (more…)
#BringBackOurGirls, world most effective social-media activism
The international vortex of tweets that brought huge global attention, and a slap of embarrassment to the Nigerian government, over the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents, is fast ebbing, drawing worried concerns to the fickle nature of social media activism and its enduring impact on social and foreign policy support for change.
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Yobe Students, endangered species, need protection
Back in the days, during my elementary school days, Mondays were phenomenal. the excitement of returning to school, meeting friends I missed over the weekend to share tales of our weekend exploits, get results of our Friday quiz and learn some new stuffs.
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Nigerians reject corruption rating, say country deserves worse
Google reads my mails
A screenshot of Google dialogue box in my Gmail
I had goose pimples immediately I found out. Google reads my mails. And is most likely reading yours too. (more…)
Nigerian Journalists and ‘Brown Envelopes’ By Elor Nkereuwem
The Royal Sculpture of Benin City: you’ll love them, but you need tout permits
Benin City Royal Sculpture
I was excited about visiting Benin City. Its sculptures fascinated me on my first visit but its touts almost took away the joy. (more…)
How Edo voted in Polling Units that mattered
The Action Congress of Nigeria won the recent governoship election in the state. The party won in all 18 local governments and virtually all the polling units.
Interestingly, they won units where People’s Democratic Party heavy weights voted.
Thiskis how they voted in the polling units that mattered.
NATIONAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON DEMOCRACY DAY, MAY 29, 2012
The speech is long, take your time and read carefully. (more…)
What’s next for NEXT
The boldest and most ambitious experiment in Nigerian journalism since the founding of The Guardian in 1983 ended three weeks ago after a run of nearly three years.
And what a run it was!
Its very name, 234NEXT, signalled a departure from the ho-hum titles of newspapers, not just in Nigeria, but worldwide. The prefix, by the way, is the international dialing code for Nigeria.
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