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Essays read by viewers for 30 days ending 2013-03-01 (Summarized)
2013-01-30 to Today
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Yoruba engagement aso oke, etcetera – Tola Adenle
Why do immigrant kids perform so well in America (2): The Nigerian example – Tola Adenle
O le ku ["Oleku"],Yoruba Modern Wears: The more things change, the more they remain the
same – Tola Adenle
Osun State’s mega schools – P. Tade Adekunle in Osun Defender
Yoruba Aso Oke, classic & modern: for every age, in every age! (2) – Tola Adenle
The Story of Emotan – Tola Adenle
Education Sector in Crisis: Evidence, Causes and Possible Remedies – Ladipo Adamolekun
The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to resign on February 28: a personal perspective –
Tola Adenle
Yoruba Classic Aso Oke (3 of 3, contd): Alaari [Ondo Variation] – Tola Adenle
Jerry Gana extols President Jonathan’s reversal of himself on Unilag’s name change
Yoruba Classic Aso Oke [3 of 3]: Alaari – Tola Adenle
Treat Greed in Africa as a War Crime – Kamari Maxine Clarke
Betraying the people’s trust remains Jakande’s albatross & Aregbesola’s “mega schools” could
become his burden of trust despite people’s warm embrace in 2010
Mimiko calls for true federalism & assures sister states on regional integration at
2nd inauguration
In Nigeria, high blood pressure IS a terminal disease for the poor – Tola Adenle
South-West integration can take place under multi-party arrangement —Ekiti’s Fayemi
‘Branding’ Nigeria, drug courier, etcetera – Tola Adenle
$67bn Controversy: We Won’t Debate With Ezekwesili – [Nigeria's] Presidency
Yoruba Aso Oke: 2013 Oje-Ibadan & Oje-Ede Market Days – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s pseudo “federalism” gets worse under Jonathan!
Did President Jonathan, as Bayelsa’s governor, sponsor Beyonce for This Day’s
music “festival”?
SOUTHWEST INTEGRATION (2): Revisionism? Awo’s legacy is imperishable – Tola Adenle
“Islam must undergo painful theological scholarship” – Abdulsalam Ajetunmobi
Terminological Inexactitudes & Language Unbecoming – Tola Adenle
I have no house in Abuja, none in Lagos, none in Kaduna – Maitama Sule in a Sun interview
Mommy, daddy, ab’ole l’e d’ibo fun? – Tola Adenle
Pastor Tunde Bakare’s State of the Country after Ezekwesili’s challenge to Nigerian govt to
come clean on squandermania!
Ghanaian Yalies, Heroes of Thursday, February 9th & beyond! by Metty Markwei
The Osun Mega School imbroglio: Open Letter to Dr. Isiaka Owoade, A Special Adviser to
Osun’s Governor Aregbesola
Draft criminal charges detail how Governor Odili plundered Rivers State – Sahara Reporters
Yoruba Classic Aso oke (2 of 3): Etu – Tola Adenle
It’s Richard Dowden, this time: “In Nigeria, they have all but given up on government”!
Broad Street, Lagos of the 1950s [etcetera] & the creativity of our African ancestors that should
continue to shame us – Tola Adenle
Abuja orphanage brouhaha or FCT Minister’s “rescue mission” – Tola Adenle
“Veni, Vidi, Credi, [I came, I saw and I believed]” – Bolaji Akinyemi at Mimiko’s
Inauguration Lecture
Terminological Inexactitudes, another visit – Tola Adenle
SOUTHWEST INTEGRATION (1): Ko s’ogun mo, ko s’ote mo … – Tola Adenle
The Police Pension Fund Scandal; The SEC scam, etcetera
“The Lost Boys of Soccer” – Kenya’s Gallant Academy speaks out
Yoruba Classic Aso Oke (1 of 3) – Sanyan – Tola Adenle
Full Text of Oby Ezekwesili’s address at the 42nd Convocation Lecture at her alma mater,
UNN, Nsukka
Yoruba Aso Oke (1): for every age, in every age – Tola Adenle
President Jonathan and a 200-strong Nigerian delegation to AU summit included people with no
government positions – Premium Times
“Unprecedented lead poisoning” killing children in [Nigeria’s] Zamfara’s gold rush
Nigerian journalism & newspaper publishing industry: 1 of 2
Oshiomole rejects multi-million Naira backing to “Good Governance Tour” group out “to
showcase govt achievements”: it’s a “scam”! says Soyinka
The fight to regain Ataoja of Osogbo throne continues
Achebe left “a moral vacuum for the Igbo writer to emerge and the conscientious writer to go
under” – Damola Awoyokun
Judge in $145m loot of Police Pension Fund erred in accepting defence’s plea bargain that
excluded prosecution lawyer’s input – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
Yoruba wedding aso oke, etcetera, continued from yesterday – Tola Adenle
A Letter to my niece: the writing life & saying ‘goodbye’ – Tola Adenle
A bit of [Yoruba] history: Bashoorun Gaa (The Wicked Prime Minister of the Old
Oyo Kingdom)
“Sowing seed offerings” for entrepreneurs masquerading as “men of God” – Tola Adenle
A remembrance at Iju, Akure North of Ondo State – Tola Adenle
Many Nigerian judicial pronouncements made to kowtow to political imperatives –
D.A. Habeeb
When Her Imperial Majesty, the Honorable Christine Lagarde,IMF M.D. came to town
“Fanciful reality [and] colourful fiction”: the Yoruba Wedding Engagement Ceremonies
revisited – Tola Adenle
Gov Ajimobi tackles Ibadan’s endless love affair with chaotic street-trading – Tola Adenle
Is Islamic Banking relevant in Nigeria? [Conclusion] – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
St. Andrews, Oyo: 1903 – 2003, A Century of Andrian Legacy – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s oil minister, Madueke who often flies on private jets abroad, hospitalized in England
A heart-warming story of an amala-loving Dutch from YNaija!
The Letters to My Aunt/Letters to My Niece Series: Introduction – Tola Adenle
An Ibadan-based [Nigeria] orphanage cries out for assistance –
Thanksgiving
The Nigerian Police FARCE – D.H. Habeeb
Fads, Fashions & Classics – Tola Adenle
Hijab war in Nigeria’s Osun State: offshoot of growing religious problems in Nigeria –
Tola Adenle
A list of those who have continued to profit from Nigerians’ collective misery thru the “Oil
Subsidy” lie – Tola Adenle
Nigeria jails homosexual in the country’s capital while looters roam free!
ABOUT – Tola Adenle
2013 Oje (Ibadan) & Oje (Ede) Market Days – Tola Adenle
Iwa Rere L’Oso Enia: Poetry Review – Tola Adenle
Should we worry about the new mega schools? – A revisit to July 2012 essay, “Impending
disaster awaiting education in Osun State”
Of Nigeria’s “federal” capital’s 2013 budget, “African First Ladies Peace Mission” Bldg gets
about 2%! – Abuja Daily Trust
Iju Public Affairs Forum (3 of 3): Images from Professor Adamolekun’s 70th Birthday Edition
Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo (3 of 3): Images from 2nd Memorial Lecture – Tola Adenle
“The legacy of … a great Nigerian, a General in the Lord’s Army… ” & Yeye Jadesimi – A
Book Review – Tola Adenle
Cloth only wears to shreds: Yoruba textiles photographs from the Beier collection [2] –
Tola Adenle
Nigeria, still crawling at 51: a heartfelt plea in prose, and then in poetry!
Yoruba Modern Aso Oke – TOLA ADENLE
Sipping Moet & Chandon champagne or Hennessy brandy amidst the ruins in Nigeria
Why do immigrants perform well in America: the Nigerian example, continued – Tola Adenle
Fola Akintunde-Ighodalo: (2 of 3) – “Education, women empowerment and public service” re-
echoes in Adamolekun’s keynote 2nd Annual Keynote address
Time to end Nigeria’s pseudo “federalism” – Tola Adenle
Ulli Beier, teacher, patron of the arts, passes away far from “home” – Tola Adenle
Oje – Ibadan & Ede – Market Days 2012 – Tola Adenle
Dr. Jonathan, check out this no one should be spared corruption allegation (7): A pension fund
thief stole $145m and got a wink-wink by a Nigerian judge; go-and-sin-no-more (almost)!
The Beatrice Olajide Ajayi Foundation (BOAF)
Dolapo Ogutuga starts Nigeria’s First Winery – Anu Adams
Fola Akintunde-Ighodalo (1 of 3): A tribute as a FINAL “letter to my aunt” – Tola Adenle
7-7 dead at 67!
Impending disaster awaiting education in Osun State
NEPA/PHCN corruption alone sufficient to confirm “crime syndicate …” status for Nigeria
The “letters to my niece” series – Tola Adenle
Malabu Oil Scam: How $1.1 bn was shared – Daily Trust, 25 May 2012
Thomas Jefferson’s not-me-with-a-slave-girl-mythical life shattered when Chase-Riboud
“walked Sally Hemings through the front door of history” – Tola Adenle
“GIVE YOUR HUSBAND MY REGARDS, AND TELL HIM I WISH I ALWAYS AGREED
WITH HIM”!
World-class university & golf course put sleepy Ondo-State’s Ilara-Mokin on world map! –
Tola Adenle
The First Ladies (3): Mrs. Patience Jonathan’s troubling “first ladyism” – Tola Adenle
Letter to Nigeria’s Senate President, retired Col. David Mark – Tola Adenle
OLOWO Sir Olateru Olagbegi at Igogo Festival 1960s
Obama signs bill to grant Nigerian student U.S. permanent residency – Faith Karimi (CNN)
“Did Awolowo not go to jail?” – Okupe justifies Jonathan’s closeness to convicted
corrupt officials
Pardon the worse-than-dust around here! – Tola Adenle
Pastor Adeboye and the miraculous petrol – Tola Adenle
“Age shall not wither her …” – Wole Soyinka [WS] quotes WS at Lady SAN’s 75th –
Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s “first ladyism” (10): Gbenga Daniel’s wife “held herself out as a Public Officer” while
Ogun’s first lady – Ogun State’s “Truth Commission”
Yoruba and Other Disappearing Languages, A Revisit – Tola Adenle
Men to Boys: A new low in sycophancy Tola Adenle
UCH at 55: A tale of challenges and breakthroughs
Yoruba Textiles –a short note FYI – Tola Adenle
Nigerian Government in search of “partner” for a project that costs under half a million dollars!
“Uncle T, no more emails”: Taiwo Obe’s tribute to GT Bank’s Tayo Aderinokun
A reader’s comments on Emotan, The Woman, brings additional information
Yewande Akinola wins Young Woman Engineer of the Year!
A Nigerian NOT on the list of “oil subsidy” receivers of Billions of Naira offers Jonathan’s
government advice
Nigeria’s new ministerial list portends a future that is Nigeria’s immediate past – Tola Adenle
Blogs from elsewhere: Broad Street Lagos of the 1950s, courtesy rested & much-missed
234NEXT – Tola Adenle
“Itiju Afrika po”: [Africa’s shames are myriad] – Tola Adenle
The manuscript that got “lost”: Remembering the Rev. Samuel Johnson, (Ayinla Ogun) –
Tola Adenle
FINAL O le ku The 70s 2
Before you throw those glasses away …
Yoruba betrothal and accompanying bizarre bazaar – Tola Adenle
What are the sources of Nigerians’ public officers’ wealth? Retd. General Azazi’s stupendous
reported homes
Nigeria scores perhaps another world’s first: a land where properties NOT for sale are
advertised! – Tola Adenle
FINAL O le ku The 70s 1
‘True federalism is the way forward’ – Alani Akinrinade at Yoruba Assembly
Igbo-ora Land and other modern Yoruba “kingdoms”
LinkedIn or not, would media-savvy new IG, Mohammed D. Yussuf, be a better Nigerian
Chief Cop?
“Nigerian Women’s Empowerment – The Voice of Folayegbe Akintunde -Ighodalo”
Eminent citizens to Jonathan: disband your cabinet now – Professor Nwabueze-led Eminent
Nigerians to Jonathan
Mr. Segun Adeniyi, p-l-e-a-s-e, spare us the agony of your sanctimonious posturing –
Tola Adenle
“Support Jonathan’s administration … only God can solve Nigeria’s problems”! – Osogbo
Anglican cleric
Pastor Adeboye & the miraculous petrol – A readers’ forum
BUKOYE
A Duo’s Great Chemistry: NIH Celebrates Couple’s Careers
“36 million Nigerians are in need of full-time work” – National Bureau of Statistics
Ondo-State born Nigerian-American becomes Provost/Vice-Chancellor at Illinois/Urbana-
Champagn
Surftown Marathon – Fundraising for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center – Tola Adenle
The Nigerian Situation brought ["Face to Face"] Muyiwa Adetiba face to face with humiliation
at the American Embassy
Yoruba, as we know it, is an endangered language
Another plea for more signatures for Tolu Akinrosotu’s clemency – Clyde Mansfield
Meet Folake Ayoola: smart, passionate about the motherland, socially-aware and U.S. attorney
of repute
Speak Yoruba App – Service to readers in Diaspora, not a paid advertisement
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: “Ghana, The Begging Millionaire – Africa, The Begging Trillionaire”
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi speaks to PM NEWS
Snub, racism and official cheating against Venus & Serena: remember when “Umpire’s
Unforced Errors Lift Capriati” over Serena? – Tola Adenle
Here’s a case that merits Shakespeare’s “The quality of mercy is not strained …”
“It’s a mad, mad world”
Nigeria’s depth & impact of corruption and a president who does not get IT
Nigerians in the U.S.A. take Protest to Subsidy-removal Source, The World Bank – Tola Adenle
The disappearing Naira – Tola Adenle
“Take America back (9): Obama’s speech at the DNC convention, contd.
The Tribune, a caricature of Awo’s legacy – Tola Adenle
The Beier archival materials & Obasanjo Library: matters arising – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s Ag minister Akinwunmi Adesina’s world acclaim and a pig-headed $375m cell
phones for farmers project
Pastor Adeboye and the miraculous petrol – Mike Diagbare
Nigeria, Inc., “a nation, or a crime syndicate”?
Son of a Nigerian politician built a bed with N100m Naira Notes – Global Reporters, Vienna
Kuwait, gba wa, o; you are small & don’t have housing problem. We are a large country with a
huge population. – Nigerian Senator begs Kuwait! – Tola Adenle
Comments worth sharing: Mimiko’s re-election & Yoruba aso oke for traditional wedding
Jonathan’s claim of fighting corruption draws congregation’s mockery at Independence Day
service at Abuja
“Say hello to uncle” sub-culture cannot drive major Nigerian languages into extinction –
Professor Sola Oke at Iju Forum
An iconic picture from last year’s ambush of Nigerians on the “fuel subsidy” scam
“Mimiko is real Awoist” – Awo’s “jewel of inestimable value”, HID proclaims!
The success story of Bola Kuforiji – Tola Adenle
Ulli Beier: The man who “needed no introduction” continues to speak to many from the grave –
Tola Adenle
“Kente Weaver” expresses profound sadness at Connecticut [USA] carnage
“Nigerian journalism on trial” – Tola Adenle
Labor & Action Congress Parties and the self-destructive politics of Nigeria’s Southwest: A
short comment – Tola Adenle
Accepting Award
Blogs elsewhere: Equatorial Guinea’s Mbasogo, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun &
other stories – Tola Adenle
Another look at Achebe’s Awo diatribe: “If Igbo leaders had a quarter of Awolowo’s vision
…” Nwaezeigwe
The Yoruba: Stripping away the masks” by Paul Richard, The Washington Post, May 21, 1990,
conclusion, May 23 Posting
Oil Subsidy lobby by Jonathan: Note to Southwest governors about their constitutional
independence to chart their own courses – Tola Adenle
Reuben Abati and the Amen quota – Adeolu Ademoyo
17 percent of all Nigerians in the U.S.A. hold Master’s degrees!
Obama’s second inaugural speech as a Nigerian politician – Victor Ehikhamenor
The siege on homosexuals in Africa: A Nigerian case from the not too distant past –
Tola Adenle
The cabal chooses ‘bad’ from bad, worse, worst; not good enough for Nigeria! – Tola Adenle
Ambition, Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu & a “cooked-up” Petroleum Task Force Report
Abdulsalami, retired General, former military head of state awarded Nigeria’s richest power-
using areas – Tola Adenle
Update: Fads, Fashions & Classics
“Cities dependent on the car will fail”: Architect, Sir Norman Foster in The Economist’s
“Intelligent Life”
Man who fathered 30 kids says he needs a break—on child support
A reader reacts to story on Chinese mistreatment of Nigerian workers
Why do immigrant kids perform so well in America: Indian-Americans & the annual Scripps
Spelling Bee
Update on “fake Ataoja”: Family Disowns Ataoja – Nigerian Tribune
An unlikely Inheritance – “O” magazine
An essay on Oyinlola-era loan of nearly N19 billion resurfaces as Osun goes for another N30b
loan – pardon me, er, “bond” – Tola Adenle
Dr. Jonathan, check out this no-one-should-be-spared corruption allegation (5): Newly-minted
N2.1b takes long walk at the Mint!
S’e ti f’olopa mi l’onje in a world of a police of one’s own – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s “first ladyism” (8): the volcano has finally erupted! – Tola Adenle
Retd. Gen. Obasanjo’s “verdict of history” is already in! – Tola Adenle
That Dowden’s Lecture at Nigeria’s 51st Anniversary
Nigeria’s free fall into the corruption cesspool continues – Tola Adenle
THE FIRST LADIES (4): When Mrs. Patience Jonathan, Nigeria’s First Lady visited my
adopted hometown, Ibadan – Tola Adenle
HARMONY: The Ikoyi Club 1938 Magazine, July – September 2011
Mohammed Haruna vs. Soyinka – Tola Adenle
Joke Adedeji & her Wimbledon High Chapter of Papercraft Club recognized by Queen
Ondo’s Mimiko revives an old sleeping little giant with youth, vitality & technology –
Tola Adenle
Oje-Ibadan & Oje-Ede Market Days (2)
Still on public officers’ questioned/questionable wealth: Azazi, Madueke, etcetera –
Tola Adenle
An open letter to Nigeria’s President Jonathan – Tola Adenle (2)
U.I. preaches get-rich quick scheme – Tola Adenle
Life in Nigeria: the smell of blown cables, and pop goes everthing! – Tola Adenle
Dr. Jonathan, check out this no one should be spared corruption allegation (6): A presidential jet
purchase thru a yahoo email address!
Throwback: Senators rebuke colleague for admitting their jumbo pay – Audio (Premium Times)
Aftermath of social muscle flexing in Bayelsa: parents learnt of Navy-son’s death on broadcast
news! – Tola Adenle
Sovereign National Conference, an imperative that must come up – or Nigeria goes down
More words [of deceit] on marble
Nigerian legislators are “rogues, armed robbers … the judiciary is corrupt” – former
President Obasanjo
The continued calls for “Yoruba unity”
Nigerian Embassies and Passport rackets affect citizens in Diaspora – Tola Adenle
Broadcast of President E.G. Jonathan on subsidy removal, a.k.a. Deregulation of the
Downstream Petroleum Sector
Obasanjo-era essay: a reader’s mail answered – Tola Adenle
Emeka Ugwuonye’s case against Sahara Reporters’ Sowore dismissed by U.S. Court
“…if we handle things well, he [Jonathan] would win the elections [Obasanjo] … delegates who
gave him the ticket bribed in $! – Ciroma
Is government “in collusion with private rogues who import oil”? The Sun’s Adeseko interviews
Prof. Aluko
Federal Character: The Hunter and the Hunted – Sahara Reporters
[Nigerian] government’s sponsorship of holy pilgrimages is sheer insanity
Late Tayo Aderinokun: The tributes continue from a former colleague
Disappointing Anniversary: Jonathan Moves To Bribe Nigerian Publishers, Editors –
Sahara Reporters
Landmark birthday as London Tube [Subway] – world’s first – celebrates sesquicentennial!
Taxi driver receives N30,000 for returning passenger’s N18m – The Punch Newspapers
Body enhancements unlimited: the tight laugh lines are here!
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Free yourself from imprisonment, Food imprisonment, that is!
Two Nigerians in US Civil Service win White House praise
“How come there is so much testosterone in the Obama cabinet and so little estrogen? –
Republican Mike Huckabee
Venus & Serena Wiliams and their Parents: A Tribute at Wimbledon Time – Tola Adenle
Nigerian journalism & newspaper publishing industry: 2 of 2
PDP and the denigration of traditional institutions
Words on Marble from Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Viola Onwuliri
Alhaji Bala Mohammed, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Minister, take down THAT Vegas-type sign,
p-l-e-a-s-e! Tola Adenle
“If a woman wants to do a real job AND have a family, something has to be sacrificed” –
Senegal’s Marie-Therese Basse
More unscientific “polling” on Nigerian elections
Clemency for Tolu – words of plea from former prison officers who knew Tolu
Michelle Ukegbu’s Nigerian eatery at Houston that screams home – and class!
Contact us
Adeyemi Adetoye weighs in on the Ciroma bombshell: “…if we handle things well, he
[Jonathan] would win the elections”! – [Obasanjo] …
Personality clash & the stoking of THE war of attrition in Yorubaland – a brief comment –
Tola Adenle
WHY IS KEROSINE PERENNIALLY SCARCE?
Bad Debt holders, a.k.a. “non-performing” loan holders – Central Bank of Nigeria
THE 2012 IJU PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM (2 of 3): “No nation can rise beyond the capacity
of its public service” – Amal Pepple
Dr. A. Ajetunmobi comments on “Geopolitical stakes in Nigeria: Curious role of the IMF” by
Frederick William Engdahl
Spirituality and Corruption – Re: … War that cannot be won in Nigeria
Dear Governor Mimiko, P- L – E – A – S – E, help get Ajuwa Grams’ Chief Gargiulo
naturalized! – Tola Adenle
Alex Jones, a radio journalist, exults: “America was born on guns and whiskey … we’re a
violent society”! – Tola Adenle
emotanafricana.com welcomes the Williams Sisters to Nigeria! – Tola Adenle
T.I.B. and other “NOT”-distressed [Nigerian] banks – Tola Adenle
African American fight for freedom on dispaly at civil rights exhibit – The Washington Post
“Ask for the evidence behind any claim you encounter!” – Sophien Kamoun, The Sainsbury Lab
Hajj sponsorship by government is another avenue to steal public funds – Kano’s
Governor Kwankwaso
Search Terms for 7 days ending 2011-10-18 (Summarized)
Naming Ceremony 2
emotan blog map
Professor Sam Aluko goes home: the passing of a true Icon as I knew him – Tola Adenle
PDPs continued ways to bring Nigeria to her knees – Sahara Reporters
America’s communication giant, NBC stinks! – Tola Adenle
Ghana Arts Council’s “Soul to Soul”, a blast from the past & other blogs – Tola Adenle
With a “disobedience of order of Court”, is Osogbo being ruled by a “fake” Ataoja? –
Tola Adenle
Race & social construct on different cultures: an e-book on “Dada’s” fascination with Yoruba
culture by Raymond Ladebo
Accidental political writer – Tola Adenle
“The march of extreme intolerance in the form of religious fundamentalism is Africa’s most
critical present problem” – Soyinka
Something worth sharing: Robert Wills & Ors [USA] gifted with a spectacular show of “A
rockslide and an arch that disappeared into sea”!
The Season’s Compliments & Greetings … – Tola Adenle
A slide back into our dark past
“Double congratulations” & other sycophancies – Tola Adenle
The Yoruba: from a glorious past to a feudal present
Minister Onwuliri’s “Town Hall Meeting: a reader’s reaction & explanations on the short essay
“Removing subsidy is not a silver bullet that solves our economic problems” – CBN’s
Lamido Sanusi
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: “Ghana, The Begging Millionaire – Africa, The Begging Trillionaire
– A New York Times recent essay as exclamation point
Would Jonathan deserve ‘transformational leader’ in 2015? [Ladipo Adamolekun, D.Phil, Oxon,
President Jonathan’s Inauguration Lecturer]
2012 Olympics (1): Noor al-Malki & Qatari women make history as Noor sprints her way to
London 2012
Further discussions on Islamic Banking
A DIRGE FOR SINA OJO, Jr.: A LOST TALENT – [Late Organist at Tinubu Methodist
Church] – Tola Adenle
Kole Omotoso conjures a vulcanizer whose passion is reading! – Tola Adenle
What did visitors to emotanafricana.com check out from January 1 – 31, 2013, & countries
checked from?
Obit: Sheila Solarin, Late Tai Solarin’s wife, passes on at 88
Obit: Olusola Oke,university teacher, scholar … passes on
THE FIRST LADIES (5): Strange calls for constitutional recognition of “first ladies” grow
more strident – Tola Adenle
2012 London Olympics (5): A personal angle – Tola Adenle
A family united but heading in different directions – The Independent on Sunday
A troubling trend: a letter to President Obasanjo [Old Newspaper Column]
“Riba-Ile Petroleum” & other civil servants-owned “enterprises” took pensioners to
the cleaners!
“The lost boys of Soccer” – Tola Adenle
Comments on Public Lecture Delivered at Prof. Adamolekun’s 70th Birthday Celebration- July
21, 2012
Nigeria may want homosexuals jailed but it winks, winks to “bi-gender” – Tola Adenle
Senate revised-constitution IS carriage ahead of horse – Tola Adenle
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother could not have been kidnapped because of the oil subsidy
payments – Fatai Bakare
Two different posts from two v-e-r-y different websites for your weekend enjoyment
The First Ladies, I: Nigeria’s “First Ladyism”: volcanoes waiting to erupt – Tola Adenle
Acts of kindness & generosity at Christmas – Tola Adenle
“After Buhari, every [Nigerian] Minister and Head of State became an oil sheikh, except
General Abdulsalami Abubakar” – David-West
Greetings to Moslem readers at Eid!
Echoes from historical times; rumbles from a distant past – Tola Adenle
Postings may slow down a bit; illustrations less but verve remains – Tola Adenle
Geopolitical stakes in Nigeria: Curious role of the IMF
situation room
A look-back at some posts in Emotan’s July/August 1978 issue
Did Nigeria’s Aviation Minister ask for 5% share in Arik Airlines?
Two U. S. Generals show civvies how it’s done: A hear-say – Tola Adenle
President Jonathan & entourage refused to say “Amen” at “Democracy” Day prayers! –
Tola Adenle
And the Countries they checked blog from for 30 days ending 2013-03-01
(Summarized)
Country
Nigeria
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
India
France
Kenya
Germany
Ghana
Australia
Ireland
South Africa
Philippines
Ukraine
Italy
United Republic of Tanzania
Spain
Iceland
Turkey
Peru
Norway
Malaysia
Liberia
Brazil
Czech Republic
Macao
Benin
Kuwait
Russian Federation
Senegal
Republic of Korea
Switzerland
Israel
Indonesia
Finland
Singapore
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tunisia
Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Sweden
Egypt
Poland
Lithuania
Cameroon
Trinidad and Tobago
Gambia
Austria
Search Engines
mail.yahoo.com
google.com.ng
Costa Rica
Tajikistan
Oman
Mongolia
Ethiopia
Pakistan
Colombia
Viet Nam
Albania
Belgium
Denmark
Yemen
Congo
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