Tag: Nigeria

Massacre in Jos, Nigeria on March 7, 2010 (The Video)

• March 9, 2010 • Comments (0)
Massacre in Jos, Nigeria on March 7, 2010 (The Video)

This is what religion and ethnic divide give to a nation like Nigeria. Our leaders can’t stop this. They’re too afraid they will lose their opportunity to get their share of the oil revenue. Nigeria is becoming the new Dafur and has left nothing to be proud of. The world needs to focus their attention [...]

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The New US Security Measures for Nigerians

• January 7, 2010 • Comments (0)
The New US Security Measures for Nigerians

While Nigerians all over the world are still trying to make sense of what drove Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to plan to blow up a US airplane on Christmas day, the announcement of the new security measures haven’t helped but dealt another blow in the effort to repair the battered image of Nigeria abroad. To me, [...]

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Nigerian security forces battling Islamic sect in the northern city of Bauchi

• December 28, 2009 • Comments (0)
Nigerian security forces battling Islamic sect in the northern city of Bauchi

“Residents said as many as eight people were believed to have been killed, including two soldiers, in fighting between members of an Islamic sect armed with machetes and the security forces in a low-cost housing area on the outskirts of the city”. While some of us are still grappling with the December 25th incident that [...]

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Nigeria needs transformational leadership

• November 24, 2009 • Comments (1)
Transformational leadership

Leadership isn’t when you’ve filled your stomach and think you can now conquer the world

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Nigeria’s Electricity Problem – The Secret behind the Secret

• October 18, 2009 • Comments (1)
Electricity problem in Nigeria

Everyone should know why Nigeria, despite all the billions of dollars it’s making from oil, is still not able to provide constant electricity for a few days without power failure. I have visited Nigeria four times in the past couple of years. I always spend some time traveling around the country. You would think because [...]

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Still in darkness after 49 years

• October 13, 2009 • Comments (2)
Still in darkness after 49 years

After 49 years since Nigeria gained its independence, what has it to show? The entire nation still lives in darkness most of the time. What is really going on here? We know our past leaders have failed us. What is the brain behind the power problem in Nigeria? What is the current government doing to [...]

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