The net tightens

Diezani Alison-Madueke

When news broke early this week about the arrest of Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources in London, majority of Nigeria’s were not surprised. It was a matter of when not if she will be arrested, SaharaReporters have an opinion piece on the whole story. Here’s hoping …

· politics, corruption, nigeria

Buhari: First 100 Days in Office

Muhammadu Buhari

100 Days in, and we can safely say that Buhari’s Presidency is definitely unlike recent governments that Nigerians have had to endure. He came to power promising a ‘real’ fight against corruption and from his government’s recent actions, he is mostly keeping to his word.

Firstly, he had …

· politics, nigeria, corruption

Race relations in good ol' USA

Time Magazine

For those following recent events in the great land of freedom that is the United States Of America, found the above image online that sums up my feelings on the issue.

· usa

New Dawn in Nigeria

Buhari

Nigeria now has a new Government headed by a former military dictator (he’s now a democrat, swears he). Muhammadu Buhari has his hands full with Boko Haram still raging in the north and the economy still largely reliant on Oil, the expectations of Nigerians has never been higher.

They …

· nigeria

We've come a long way

Pictures like this show that the black race have come through a long, sad and perilous journey from being enslaved, to finally be regarded as a ‘normal’ human being with equal rights and opportunity as the Caucasians.

Picture of an African Girl been kep in a Human Zoo

For the full story and more depressing images, click on the article headline …

· africa, misc

Customizing KDE4

I have been a GNOME fan for as long as I can remember. It was Ubuntu/Gnome2 that got me interested in Linux about 5 years ago. My desktop looked like this in those days:

ArchLinux in Ubuntu Colors

After the Gnome3/Gnome-Shell debacle, I decided to finally part ways with Gnome, using ArchLinux …

· archlinux, linux, design

London Riots @Woolwich

Writings on a makeshift wall on one of the buildings destroyed by fire during the London Riots in Woolwich.

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· uk, misc