Thursday, July 31, 2014

On my radar: Africa50

A recurring theme at African Development's Bank annual meeting is that after insecurity, the continent's infrastructure deficit is responsible for the difference between her positive growth rate on paper and the realities of her people.Africa is growing yet that growth is not meaningful for her people...

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Il était une fois

This video clip of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's trip to the United States in 1961 shows the promise and hope Nigeria once had as a nation. I am unsure any other Nigerian ruler has been a recipient of the treatment the Prime Minister received. It is unimaginable that Americans will line up the streets...

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Bits and bobs

Just before I sign out on probable links between the insurgents in Kenya and Nigeria, this article from Time  magazine tells how potential native terrorists are on the radar of their nipping future threats.  The alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast had been identified as as a...

Saturday, July 12, 2014