Bobby Kennedy Prediction
Posted July 10, 2008 · Charles O
Here’s something I received in my e-mail inbox today. Apparently, 40 years ago this year…
Conditio sine qua non
Posted May 2, 2008 · Charles O
One of those poignant unsolicited e-mails.
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“Child Witches” In Southern Nigeria?
Posted April 25, 2008 · Charles O
Marx’s famous declaration, Die Religion … ist das Opium des Volkes, in light of the bizarre account that follows, appears to have been an underestimation… Superstition, in this case reinforced by organized religion-gone-perverse, is worse than a mere opiate…
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Human Trafficking
Posted April 25, 2008 · Charles O
Dozens of suspected gang members have been arrested in Italy accused of smuggling women from Nigeria to work as drug couriers and prostitutes. Thousands of women from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe are lured by the prospect of well-paid work in shops and factories. But their dreams of a better life often end in a brothel. Isoke Aikpitanyi from Nigeria is one of those women, she tell us her story. From http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=db2_1200579654.
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NTA Documentary On Nigeria Biafra War
Posted April 22, 2008 · Charles O
The documentary is broken up into 18 parts — likely as a result of Youtube’s constraint on the length of uploaded clips. If you come across the full-length feature, please let me know.
Part 1
Follow the Continue Reading link below to view parts 2 through 18.
So Sad, So True: The Nigerian Police
Posted April 5, 2008 · Charles O
This came by way of unsolicited e-mail… Not half as funny as poignant.
In an effort to determine the top crime fighting agency in Nigeria, The president narrowed the field to three finalists: the State Secret Service (SSS), the Army, and the Police force.
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Sweetheart: A Tolu Ogunlesi Piece
Posted March 19, 2008 · Tolu Ogunlesi
The gleaming Toyota Avensis comes to a stop in front of Oluwole’s stall. Oluwole smiles to himself. Fine cars mean big business for a newspaper vendor; since only the rich can afford Cosmo and Ebony and all the other glossy mags that provide the bulk of profits.
A slim, bejeweled lady steps out of the driver’s seat.
“Good afternoon Sir” she says. “It’s my tyre… please I need your help…”
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A Look at the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Posted March 19, 2008 · Charles O
For those interested in understanding the subprime mortgage crises that is currently shaking the U.S. economy, this diagram, associated with this Wikipedia article of the same subject, does a bang-up job of explaining the interrelationships between certain causes or enablers, their effects or impacts, and the responses triggered—from the perspectives of key player-entities.
Dirty Sexy Money
Posted March 18, 2008 · Charles O
I don’t even know what to begin to think of this…
Of Travels and Travails, Part 3
Posted March 15, 2008 · Charles O
My perspectives of Lagos in Of Travels and Travails thus far have been through the lens of a resident of a relatively rugged part of the mainland—a confluence of Danfos, taxicabs, Okadas, street traders and hawkers, hoots and honks, dins of bus-conductors’ hollers, blares of bootleggers’ loudspeakers, dust and exhaust fume-laden atmospheres, and a motley of other incongruities. All of these bring to mind…
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