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All Essays viewed from June 1 through June 30, 2013FINAL
UPDATE: Janice Cottrill, the daughter from hell won’t sell father’s house she took to father;
June 26 is eviction hearing!
Yoruba engagement aso oke, etcetera – Tola Adenle
Update: Small donors stop greedy daughter, Janice Cottrill from evicting own father from his
home – Tola Adenle
Woolwich murder, the MI6 connection: Younger brother of Michael Adebolajo ‘was paid
thousands to spy in Middle East’ – Robert Verkaik
Education Sector in Crisis: Evidence, Causes and Possible Remedies – Ladipo Adamolekun
The Story of Emotan – Tola Adenle
Incredible NASA photographs of Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador, as seen from Space –
Yahoo News
Yoruba classic clothes at weddings: Sanyan, Etu & Alaari – Tola Adenle
Student loses eight family members on way to her graduation in auto crash – Kehinde Adio
Obit: Oyinade Asuni-Akran passes on!
Obit: Wahab Dosunmu, NPN Minister, Abiola /”June 12″ & a NADECO/PDP leader, dies at 74
– Tola Adenle
Most Yoruba males complete their looks – most looks – with Fila – Tola Adenle
O le ku! – The more things change, the more they remain the same, & Modern Uses for
Aso Oke
Rev. Brother Leo Ryan, Director, 60s-era Peace Corps Nigeria, Asoju Ataoja of Osogbo,
bestowed Honorary Degree by De Paul University – Tola Adenle
Yoruba and Sericulture: Yoruba classic clothes and textiles – Tola Adenle
We’re paying off our mortgage in less than 5 years! Yahoo News
Yoruba Aso Oke: 2013 Oje-Ibadan & Oje-Ede Market Days – Tola Adenle
OLOWO of Owo Sir Olateru-Olagbegi at Igogo Festival (1960s) – Tola Adenle
HELP, Nigeria’s Senators, a.k.a. “legis-looters” are bleeding the country dry! – Tola Adenle
Are happy days here again for Nigeria’s foreign-owned construction giant?
A bit of [Yoruba] history: Bashoorun Gaa (The Wicked Prime Minister of the Old Oyo
Kingdom) – Taiwo Olaniyi
On the edge: Devil’s Pool isn’t for faint of heart – David Strege
New Brit visa requirement: “Critics put ‘migrant bond’ in disarray” – Financial Times
Yoruba Classic Aso Oke (1 of 3) – Sanyan – Tola Adenle
A lowly bus driver shows there is a higher % of regular Nigerians who fear God than Nigeria’s
“men of God” who do His will
In Nigeria today, there is no discernible government – Anglican Cleric Bishop Fajemirokun
Meet charming though disarming Titilayo Oyinbo whose Yoruba mastery would shame
“Yoruba-Americanas” & “Yoruba-Londoners” – Tola Adenle
Yoruba Aso Oke: classic & modern, for every age, in every age – Tola Adenle
A real life tale of greed and betrayal from God’s own country as daughter attempts to evict
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father from own home!
President Obama, stop calling our old man by name; call him Mzee or Madiba! – An
emotanafricana commentator
The Village Mourners Association By Wole Soyinka – Soyinka on Sahara Reporters
Serena, Maria, enough of the tabloid-type exchanges; let’s see a real tournament at 2013
Wimbledon!- Tola Adenle
Broad Street, Lagos of the 1950s [etcetera] & the creativity of our African ancestors that should
continue to shame us – Tola Adenle
Why do immigrant kids perform so well in America (2): The Nigerian example – Tola Adenle
In Brazil, the Yoruba gods are alive – PM News
The “condolence visit”: an in-your-face display by [Nigeria's] political class against the masses
– Tola Adenle
If Peter Kantowroski is his mother’s son, I wonder what the devil looks like!
British soldier’s slaughter a conspiracy? – Two Nigerian voices on the Woolwich slaughter of
British Soldier, Lee Rigby
N22billion Secret Government Largesse To 84 ‘Lucky’ Nigerians: HEDA Warns AMCON
Yoruba Classic Aso Oke (3 of 3, contd): Alaari [Ondo Variation] – Tola Adenle
Republicans cannot stay away from the word ‘rape’: “some girls, they rape so easy”,
Wisconsin’s Roger Rivard once said!
What’s in a name? – A look at Yoruba’s views of some birds’ names! by Dele Daramola
2006 Nigerian Census: Tribunal voids Lagos Mainland population figure, orders recount –
Premium Times
Using neuroscience to ‘cure’ Islamic Fundamentalism – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
Haiti, and the tragedy that Nigeria’s failure represents to people of African descent –
Tola Adenle
200 Nigerian girls trafficked to Russia monthly – Ambassador
African Connection: South Africa Post-Mandela – Ebony
The National Question And The Nigerian Constitution – Femi Aborisade
Yoruba Classic Aso Oke [3 of 3]: Alaari – Tola Adenle
Iju Public Affairs Forum (3 of 3): Images from Professor Adamolekun’s 70th Birthday Edition
2013 Confed Cup (2): Nigeria makes footmat of Tahiti; Uruguay & Spain await!
Why do immigrants perform well in America: the Nigerian example, continued – Tola Adenle
The fight to regain Ataoja of Osogbo throne continues
Obit: High Chief Lisa of Ondo Kingdom, Bayo Akinnola, passes on! – Tola Adenle
Islam and the enemy within – D.H. Habeeb
“The legacy of … a great Nigerian, a General in the Lord’s Army… ” & Yeye Jadesimi – A
Book Review – Tola Adenle
Something definitely worth sharing on – what do I call it now but still – “O le ku!”: A reader’s
challenge on “street language & slang” in Yoruba
Row over Mandela grave deepens as children are re-exhumed –
Ibadan “Grammar” celebrates its Centennial – Tola Adenle
Nigerian journalism & newspaper publishing industry: 1 of 2
Crunch Time: Gathering the [non-related Northern Nigerian] “Cousins”
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Under an oft-referred to by racists in & outside Congress as “1st Black President”, African-
Americans lose two Civil Rights gains in one week!- Tao
Ashesi hosts biggest graduation ceremony yet for the Class of 2013
Obit., Updated: Chief Oluwole Awolowo is dead! – Tola Adenle
“The Lost Boys of Soccer” – Kenya’s Gallant Academy speaks out
Many Nigerian judicial pronouncements made to kowtow to political imperatives –
D.A. Habeeb
Snub, racism and official cheating against Venus & Serena: remember when “Umpire’s
Unforced Errors Lift Capriati” over Serena? – Tola Adenle
Yoruba Classic Aso oke (2 of 3), comprising all previously written on Etu – Tola Adenle
Yoruba Modern Aso Oke – TOLA ADENLE
[U.S.] Senator Chambliss gets his comeuppance from for his “gee whiz”, hormones remarks!
Sipping Moet & Chandon champagne or Hennessy brandy amidst the ruins in Nigeria
A Letter to my niece: the writing life & saying ‘goodbye’ – Tola Adenle
Kenyan joy: Britain “regrets” colonial abuse; cannot apologize due to “legal implications” –
Chron
Yoruba, as we know it, is an endangered language
Is Islamic Banking relevant in Nigeria? [Conclusion] – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
Women no longer at ease – Uganda’s Independent
Still to find a real home & a form, Freddie Adu debuts in Brazil with Bahia in a 3-1 loss to
Criciuma – Tola Adenle
“Fanciful reality [and] colourful fiction”: the Yoruba Wedding Engagement Ceremonies
revisited – Tola Adenle
Professor Adelabu becomes Ekiti State’s new Deputy Governor – Tola Adenle
New generation of elite universities rises around the globe – reuters.com
Yoruba Classic Clothes – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s depth & impact of corruption and a president who does not get IT
The Police Pension Fund Scandal; The SEC scam, etcetera
Yoruba classic clothes at weddings: Sanyan, Etu & Alaari – Tola Adenle
“What do you want in Ghana? Go back to your country!” – Ian Duncan Utley
“Sowing seed offerings” for entrepreneurs masquerading as “men of God” – Tola Adenle
Tragedy in America: Couple, who took “till death do us part” to mean just that, die in
suicide pact!
Whiz kid businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim “currently under investigation for fraud by EFCC”, will
be guest speaker at Police Anti-Corporate Fraud Seminar! – Sahara Reporters
Nigeria’s economy Czarina finally acknowledges her “baby” is in trouble same day she spoke
glowingly of same
A remembrance at Iju, Akure North of Ondo State – Tola Adenle
“Gee whiz,” hormonal level of ELECTED Republicans must make for narrow-mindedness &
Sexism! – Blogger’s opinion
2013 Confed Cup Wednesday, June 19: Brazil shows it still owns the Samba; sends
Mexico home!
Corruption lies at the heart of the underperformance of public sector organisations in many
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developing countries – Joe Abah at Iju Public Affairs Forum
Update: Daughter from hell will get Eviction Hearing by jury of her peers, a victory of sorts –
NOT on June 26!
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS THE FUTURE: 1950-2000, a staggeringly life-changing and human
transforming period in modern history
The ugly face of China: Chinese tourists abroad are rude
Son of a Nigerian politician built a bed with N100m Naira Notes – Global Reporters, Vienna
Jeopardy! host poised for politics – Judy Kurtz
Yoruba Sericulture, contd.: The Akinkoye Collections (Male & Female) – Tola Adenle
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/27CnYO/:jGmFRvB+:AWtlyZZw/www.theweek.co.uk/crime/
war-drugs/49386/richard-branson-says-us-drug-policy-%E2%80%98war-black-
people%E2%80%99/
Voting Rights, Affirmative Action, and the Slow Murder of Dr. King’s ‘Dream’ – Kevin Powell
Nigeria’s “first ladyism” (12): Senate decision on Mrs. Jonathan’s N4 billion African 1st Ladies
Mission House may not be final!
Did President Jonathan, as Bayelsa’s governor, sponsor Beyonce for This Day’s
music “festival”?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: “Ghana, The Begging Millionaire – Africa, The Begging Trillionaire”
Abdulsalami, retired General, former military head of state awarded Nigeria’s richest power-
using areas – Tola Adenle
“If a person in Singapore cannot account legally for the wealth he has amassed, there is a
presumption of corruption that he must disprove.” – Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew
In Nigeria, high blood pressure IS a terminal disease for the poor – Tola Adenle
“Age shall not wither her …” – Wole Soyinka [WS] quotes WS at Lady SAN’s 75th –
Tola Adenle
World-class university & golf course put sleepy Ondo-State’s Ilara-Mokin on world map! –
Tola Adenle
APGA wants Nigeria Governors’ Forum scrapped, says its existence threatens democracy
A high seas devilry: “Florida Teen Hitches Ride on 30-Foot Whale Shark” – Matt Gutman &
Anthony Castellano
Petition Update: “Warden at FMC Carswell recommended Compassionate Release to the
Federal Bureau of Prisons”
The Beatrice Olajide Ajayi Foundation (BOAF)
Meet Folake Ayoola: smart, passionate about the motherland, socially-aware and U.S. attorney
of repute
Of “wasted generation”, the one that “left town” & others – Pat Utomi
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
2013 Confederation Cup (4): Tahiti, The Cinderella of the 2013 Confederation Cup! –
Tola Adenle
Obit: Abibat Mogaji, Asiwaju Tinubu’s mother dies at 96! – Nigerian Tribune
The Letters to My Aunt/Letters to My Niece Series: Introduction – Tola Adenle
Banning of Hijab by Lagos State Government: still more comments
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“Unprecedented lead poisoning” killing children in [Nigeria’s] Zamfara’s gold rush
Nigerians need “weep, not” on the present “Nigerian Governors’ Forum” brouhaha –
Tola Adenle
Pentecostal spirituality and noise pollution – Rev. Father Emeka Nwosuh in The Guardian
Yoruba Aso Oke: Oje – Ibadan & Ede – Market Days 2012 – Tola Adenle
Full Text of Oby Ezekwesili’s address at the 42nd Convocation Lecture at her alma mater,
UNN, Nsukka
The success story of Bola Kuforiji – Tola Adenle
The “condolence visit”: an in-your-face display by [Nigeria's] political class against the masses
– Tola Adenle
SOUTHWEST INTEGRATION (2): Revisionism? Awo’s legacy is imperishable – Tola Adenle
It’s Richard Dowden, again, but this time: “The G8′S Here, Time To Act On Tax Havens”!
Gov Ajimobi tackles Ibadan’s endless love affair with chaotic street-trading – Tola Adenle
Indonesian Women in Mixed Marriages Fight for Equality – Jakarta Globe
Yoruba History & Culture: Who are the Yoruba people? – Femi Fani-Kayode
Sole arguments before U.S. Supreme Court this term by African-Americans made by Nigerian-
American, Debo Adegbile
Abuja orphanage brouhaha or FCT Minister’s “rescue mission” – Tola Adenle
If you want your daughter to wear Hijab to school, send her to a private Muslim School – Lagos
State Government
Ondo-State born Nigerian-American becomes Provost/Vice-Chancellor at Illinois/Urbana-
Champagn
Lagos State’s ban of Hijab in government schools: Comments worth sharing
Hijab war in Nigeria’s Osun State: offshoot of growing religious problems in Nigeria –
Tola Adenle
2013 Confeds Cup Opener: Brazil 3, Japan 0
Northern Nigeria plays “dead man’s hand”! – Tola Adenle
Retired Lt. Gen. R.M. Kupolati, B.Sc., M.Sc.(Mech. Eng.): A tribute – Tola Adenle
Did You Know [U.S.] Memorial Day Was Started by Ex-Slaves?
Street protesters win: Brazil officials reverse transport hike – Tola Adenle
“Nigerian Women’s Empowerment – The Voice of Folayegbe Akintunde -Ighodalo” –
Tola Adenle
Ghana arrests Chinese nationals for illegal gold mining – fullmoonafrica.wordpress.com
Achebe left “a moral vacuum for the Igbo writer to emerge and the conscientious writer to go
under” – Damola Awoyokun
The “outrage” over Serena Williams’ comments on an American rape case – Tola Adenle
An open letter to Nigeria’s President Jonathan – Tola Adenle (2)
A reader’s comments on Emotan, The Woman, brings additional information
The Hijab Controversy in Nigeria: Yisa Ajao
Blogs elsewhere: Equatorial Guinea’s Mbasogo, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun &
other stories – Tola Adenle
Women to get 30% of board seats & 40% of management positions by 2014!– CBN’s Lamido
Sanusi to Nigerian banks
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With the Ibrus, the Akingbolas … of Nigeria’s banking industry in jails or en route, here’s a
little piece that cautions Nigerians, even now – Tola Adenle
St. Andrews, Oyo: 1903 – 2003, A Century of Andrian Legacy – Tola Adenle
A list of those who have continued to profit from Nigerians’ collective misery thru the “Oil
Subsidy” lie – Tola Adenle
Edward Snowden: the man who blew the whistle
Words on Marble from Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Viola Onwuliri
Oklahoma tornado disaster: Seven children ‘drowned’ in school hit by twister
2012: Where did Emotan readers come from? – www.wordpress.com
Update on “fake Ataoja”: Family Disowns Ataoja – Nigerian Tribune
An Ibadan-based [Nigeria] orphanage cries out for assistance –
Yoruba and Other Disappearing Languages, A Revisit – Tola Adenle
Yoruba betrothal and accompanying bizarre bazaar – Tola Adenle
Fola Akintunde-Ighodalo: (2 of 3) – “Education, women empowerment and public service” re-
echoes in Adamolekun’s keynote 2nd Annual Keynote address
Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo (3 of 3): Images from 2nd Memorial Lecture – Tola Adenle
FIFA 2013 Confed Cup (5): Diego Forlan celebrates international milestone with dagger into
Nigeria’s heart!
17 percent of all Nigerians in the U.S.A. hold Master’s degrees!
Watch out, your webcam may be turned on, but not by you, & monitoring your most
private moments!
Nigeria’s so-called “national” newspapers do not measure up – Tola Adenle
Pastor Adeboye & the miraculous petrol – A readers’ forum
Pastor Tunde Bakare’s State of the Country after Ezekwesili’s challenge to Nigerian govt to
come clean on squandermania!
PHOTONEWS: Fueling Poverty-New Film Exposing Nigeria’s “Fuel Subsidy” Problem Gets
U.S. Release
Opawoye &Ajetunmobi Group discusses the “Three Myths of Corruption” and the
Nigerian situation
Dolapo Ogutuga starts Nigeria’s First Winery – Anu Adams
Cloth only wears to shreds: Yoruba textiles photographs from the Beier collection [2] –
Tola Adenle
Islamic/Sharia-compliant banking
Awon ara orun l’o po ju l’Osodi – Tola Adenle
Where did emotanafricana readers come from in May & what subjects interested them? –
Tola Adenle
“Mimiko is real Awoist” – Awo’s “jewel of inestimable value”, HID, proclaims!
Zainab Kuchi, Power Ministry’s junior minister: “evil spirits behind Nigeria’s power failures”
as $13m+ goes to build Aso Rock’s banquet hall
Gulbis slams ‘boring’ tennis stars in French Open rant – The Week, Daily Email
Venus & Serena Wiliams and their Parents: A Tribute at Wimbledon Time – Tola Adenle
Iwa Rere L’Oso Enia: Poetry Review – Tola Adenle
If Peter Kantowroski is his mother’s son, I wonder what the devil looks like!
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It may be almost three decades late, but Nigeria has finally arrived at “1984″ as president
splashes $40m on internet surveillance!
Retired General Obasanjo acts proxy on Ataoja Tussle – Tola Adenle
“Veni, Vidi, Credi, [I came, I saw and I believed]” – Bolaji Akinyemi at Mimiko’s
Inauguration Lecture
25,000 Guests at a wedding & the bride’s face was heavily veiled throughout the hours-
long ordeal!
Adiree launches videos from 2012 Show for African Fashion Week 2013 – Tola Adenle
NEPA/PHCN corruption alone sufficient to confirm “crime syndicate …” status for Nigeria
What were George W. Bush’s qualifications for president of the United States of America? –
Tola Adenle
A promising Tech Start-up Culture & Community in Akure, Ondo State?
Igbo-ora Land and other modern Yoruba “kingdoms”
Should we worry about the new mega schools? – A revisit to July 2012 essay, “Impending
disaster awaiting education in Osun State”
Nigeria’s pseudo “federalism” gets worse under Jonathan! – Tola Adenle
Another look at Achebe’s Awo diatribe: “If Igbo leaders had a quarter of Awolowo’s vision
…” Nwaezeigwe
Obit: Two-time African Footballer of the Year, Rashidi Yekini dies at 48!
Judge in $145m loot of Police Pension Fund erred in accepting defence’s plea bargain that
excluded prosecution lawyer’s input – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
Tafa Balogun, like others convicted for corruption, still flies high in society!
Yewande Akinola wins Exceptional Achiever award – Arup [UK]
“Good luck, Mr. Jonathan. It’s time you were impeached … Nigeria worst place for a child to
be born in 2013″
The manuscript that got “lost”: Remembering the Rev. Samuel Johnson, (Ayinla Ogun) –
Tola Adenle
An open letter to Nigeria’s President Jonathan – Tola Adenle (2)
Boko Haram Terrorism: politicizing insecurity in the Nation – D.H. Habeeb
In losing IT Down Under, Dear Serena, do not lose more than a return to World’s Number One
– Tola Adenle
Ulli Beier, teacher, patron of the arts, passes away far from “home” – Tola Adenle
“The lost boys of Soccer” – Tola Adenle
Dr. Joe Abah’s scope of study for POEs too narrow for conclusion reached – Bunmi Famosaya
for Discussants’ Remarks
A reader’s reaction to “Ibadan Grammar School Centennial” & my response – Tola Adenle
Something for Sunday
3-D Printer Brings Dexterity To Children With No Fingers – Steve Henn and Cindy
Carpien, NPR
15-year old Nigerian girl picks Harvard among many choices! – saharareporters.com
Does an expectant mother look this way? You be the judge! – MailOnline
World Bank To FG: Don’t Borrow To Finance Budget Deficit
Sovereign National Conference, an imperative that must come up – or Nigeria goes down
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Achebe’s “There was a country” continues to generate reactions
Michelle Ukegbu’s Nigerian eatery at Houston that screams home – and class!
Another plea for more signatures for Tolu Akinrosotu’s clemency – Clyde Mansfield
“I want to leave a souvenir of my life,” – Gina Lollobrigida says as she donates jewelry to stem
cell research
Professor Sam Aluko’s Obit(2): Never shunned the role of a “lone voice crying out in the
wilderness” – Tola Adenle
Still on Ms. Christiana Mbakwe’s “It’s impossible ‘to not see color’ no matter what Kim
Kardashian says”
Two Social Causes for this Blog – Tola Adenle
The Sahara Reporters/Soyinka interview: comments worth sharing
The disappearing Naira – Tola Adenle
“There are only so many withdrawals you can make from your health bank account” – Arianna
Huffington warns 2013 Graduating Class of Smith College
The so-called Nigerian Governors’ Forum”: Acquired Instability Destabilization (AID) brings
more Nigeria’s political chickens home to roost
Update on “Most Yoruba males complete their looks – most looks – with Fila – Tola Adenle
Chinese teenager defaces 3500-year old Temple of Luxor with graffiti! –
The next Oje Market day at Ibadan & other shopping ideas elsewhere – Tola Adenle
Nigeria scores perhaps another world’s first: a land where properties NOT for sale are
advertised! – Tola Adenle
A $79,000/annum Nigerian nurse & 23 others among 32 credit card fraudsters who stole
millions of dollars through identity thefts!
A DIRGE FOR SINA OJO, Jr.: A LOST TALENT – [Late Organist at Tinubu Methodist
Church] – Tola Adenle
“Uncle T, no more emails”: Taiwo Obe’s tribute to GT Bank’s Tayo Aderinokun
Nigeria’s “man of God”, Pastor Adeboye justifies joining the jet-owning set! – Premium Times
UPDATE: Oje-Ibadan & Oje-Ede Market Days in 2013 – Tola Adenle
Premium Times Exclusive: Angry Jonathan mulls cancellation of $40million Internet spy
contract awarded to Israeli firm
Technology Makes Impossible Art Possible: Ted Weekends on Huffington Post with
Mick Ebeling
Day of Destiny for Ondo State
SOUTHWEST INTEGRATION (1): Ko s’ogun mo, ko s’ote mo … – Tola Adenle
Yoruba aso oke, classic & others [formerly Yoruba classic clothes), including a reader’s
suggestion to scholars of Yoruba culture out there
Blogs elsewhere: “Aso Ebi” menace
DV-Lotteries that are often pathway for Africans & Caribbean nationals to enter the US may
soon stop!
The siege on homosexuals in Africa: A Nigerian case from the not too distant past –
Tola Adenle
Green Beret who vanished in Vietnam War still alive? – Yahoo News
Nigeria’s legis["looters"] retreated at Ghana; “federal” civil servants retreat everywhere & now
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Yoruba Governors leave for Dubai for SW “integration”?
Ghanaian Yalies, Heroes of Thursday, February 9th & beyond! by Metty Markwei
Free yourself from imprisonment, Food imprisonment, that is!
PDP and the denigration of traditional institutions
2012 Olympics (1): Noor al-Malki & Qatari women make history as Noor sprints her way to
London 2012
Wrapping guns and crosses in American flags enables America’s ultra-right to derive power of
falsely representing the “real America”: A reader’s comments by Yisa Ajao
Joe Odumakin gets U.S. Secretary of State’s Intl. Women of Courage Award
“Age shall not wither her …” rest of quote? – A blog visitor
Shining a Light on Poverty – Janine di Giovanni
Howard University’s African Students’ Association hosts “Evolution of African Fashions”
tonight in D.C.
The lie of Nigeria’s education: Benue library made its last book purchase during the library’s
inauguration 22 years ago!
Terminological Inexactitudes, another visit – Tola Adenle
Abracadabra accounting: Nigeria settles N51 billion London Club loan but none can tell who
took it? – 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”
Late Tayo Aderinokun: The tributes continue from a former colleague
Osun State’s mega schools – P. Tade Adekunle in Osun Defender
Strangers Donate Dream Wedding to Bride With Cancer – By Beth Greenfield, Yahoo News
Mission Incredible: Nigeria To Invest US$2.68 billion In Indonesian Refinery Deal
Reuben Abati and the Amen quota – Adeolu Ademoyo
Gambia: Information minister abruptly leaves Press Freedom Day gathering
Landmark birthday as London Tube [Subway] – world’s first – celebrates sesquicentennial!
Female loan defaulter beaten up before 3-day lock-up by Micro Finance Bank – The Vanguard
The Nigerian Police FARCE – D.H. Habeeb
The oil subsidy scam elicits words on marble by Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Sanusi
South African police accused of brutality and torture: “This is not what we fought for” –
Ronnie Kasrils
Will Nigerian boom babies feed prosperity or entrench poverty? – Tim Cocks
Time to end Nigeria’s pseudo “federalism” – Tola Adenle
Ulli Beier: The man who “needed no introduction” continues to speak to many from the grave –
Tola Adenle
Two Nigerians in US Civil Service win White House praise – Lai Opawoye
Nigerian “man of God”, Bishop Oyedepo accused of exploiting British members
The harmattan of venom – The Nation on Sunday’s Tatalo Alamu
Mohammed Haruna vs. Soyinka – Tola Adenle
International Fashion Moguls Diane Von Furstenberg and Adiat Disu of Adiree PR (producers
of Africa Fashion Week) work to Empower African Women in Fashion, Beauty ,and
Home Decor
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“Hagiographers, foreign ‘African experts’ … have confined Chinua’s achievement space into a
bunker over which hangs an unlit lamp labeled ‘Nobel’” – Soyinka
PHOTONEWS: The State Of $470 Million Abuja CCTV Cameras & Solar Panel Backups 6
Months After Installation – Sahara Reporters
Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls & Women in Nigeria – The
British Council
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: “Ghana, The Begging Millionaire – Africa, The Begging Trillionaire
– A New York Times recent essay as exclamation point
Of Nigeria’s “federal” capital’s 2013 budget, “African First Ladies Peace Mission” Bldg gets
about 2%! – Abuja Daily Trust
Boko Haram kills Christian Association of Nigeria leader minutes after emergency declaration –
Premium Times
Nigerian kidnappers-for-money strike again: which VIPs next, & when will these end?
Western paternalism & mercantilism by Coca-Cola a reminder of America’s industrial slavery
age of the 20th Century
The Yoruba Clothes, continued – Tola Adenle
Obama swears 2nd term’s oath “to God and country”, not party or faction … to preserve, protect
and defend the U.S. Constitution – Tola Adenle
Obit: It’s curtain-call for Chinua Achebe, Africa’s master story teller! – Tola Adenle
“Say hello to uncle” sub-culture cannot drive major Nigerian languages into extinction –
Professor Sola Oke at Iju Forum
Spain puts “spirited” Nigeria in its place with a 3-0 trouncing!
Eminent citizens to Jonathan: disband your cabinet now – Professor Nwabueze-led Eminent
Nigerians to Jonathan
Nigeria’s oil minister, Madueke who often flies on private jets abroad, hospitalized in England
The “letters to my niece” series – Tola Adenle
An essay on Oyinlola-era loan of nearly N19 billion resurfaces as Osun goes for another N30b
loan – pardon me, er, “bond” – Tola Adenle
2012 London Olympics (5): A personal angle – Tola Adenle
Let’s fight the scourge of kidnapping-for-money in Nigeria by getting the “unknown
kidnapped” captives freed – Tola Adenle
O le ku! ["Oleku"], The more things change, the more they remain the same & Modern Uses for
Yoruba Aso Oke – Tola Adenle
Comments worth sharing: Mimiko’s re-election & aso oke for wedding mail answered
HARMONY: The Ikoyi Club 1938 Magazine, July – September 2011
Nigerian women & the 2015 elections: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti in a view from the past &
other stories [Emotan, The Mag.]
The way people & things were … exactly 35 years ago this month in Nigeria – Tola Adenle
Fola Akintunde-Ighodalo (1 of 3): A tribute as a FINAL “letter to my aunt” – Tola Adenle
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi speaks to PM NEWS
If Yoruba cannot grow their food, Yoruba must starve & – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s new ministerial list portends a future that is Nigeria’s immediate past – Tola Adenle
emotanafricana.com welcomes the Williams Sisters to Nigeria! – Tola Adenle
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“I can’t take that money; I won’t sleep well at night … it’s not right” – Jeremy Affeldt
CBN donates N100m to Boko Haram victims in Kano
About 80% of businesses in Nigeria paid bribes – The World Bank
Why do immigrant kids perform so well in America: Indian-Americans & the annual Scripps
Spelling Bee
Jeremy Affeldt’s story reminds me of the extremism of the Japanese for integrity, loyalty and
honour – Dolapo Ajao
Echoes from historical times; rumbles from a distant past – Tola Adenle
Coming: days of reckoning for Nigerian looters?
United States of America worst place in Industrialized World for Babies – ABC News
Langley Park, Maryland: a Third World urban jungle amidst a glittering megalopolis –
Tola Adenle
President Obasanjo’s acts of omission and commission contributed to the ineffectiveness of the
two corruption-fighting agencies he started – Ladipo Adamolekun
Lock-out at University of Ado-Ekiti: Governor Fayemi, where are your “progressive” stripes? –
Tao
President Jonathan’s the-good-life amidst the reality of citizenry’s penury
Rotimi Amaechi, another top PDP pol, reportedly buys a jet – saharareporters.com
Nigeria keeps a-borrowing; will send generations yet unborn a-sorrowing! – Tola Adenle
Yoruba Governors NOT going near Burj Al Arab at Dubai for any parley! – Senator
Sola Adeyeye
Speak Yoruba App – Service to readers in Diaspora, not a paid advertisement
[US] NPR The Race Card Project: Six-word Essay Series – “Black babies cost less to adopt”
The Yoruba: from a glorious past to a feudal present – Tola Adenle
Scottish Church opens doors to Muslims – BBC Asian Network
The Dowden Lecture – Another view
God’s Surgeons in Africa – The Atlantic
Arguments on the issue of dressing code for Muslim Women – Yisa Ajao
Mr. Segun Adeniyi, p-l-e-a-s-e, spare us the agony of your sanctimonious posturing –
Tola Adenle
What qualified Nigeria’s ruling elites for my old awards of/for non-excellence: the ’09 Awards?
– Tola Adenle
Halliburton Bribery Scam: Million-Dollar Bribes Were Wired To Abdulsalami Abubakar, Julius
Berger, And Obasanjo – Sahara Reporters
Alex Jones, a radio journalist, exults: “America was born on guns and whiskey … we’re a
violent society”! – Tola Adenle
Comments on “OLOWO of Owo Sir Olateru-Olagbegi at Igogo Festival (1960s)
Andre Agassi’s drug bombshell & drug-fuelled excellence – Tola Adenle
Tafawa Balewa’s Leadership and Nigeria’s glorious past versus today’s “leadership” that brings
shame to MOST Nigerians
Mimiko calls for true federalism & assures sister states on regional integration at
2nd inauguration
Kidnappers of ex-Ondo commissioner’s mum demand N50m ransom – Abimbola Ayobami
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This Day Newspapers shut down by workers over unpaid wages – saharareporters.com
Obama signs bill to grant Nigerian student U.S. permanent residency – Faith Karimi (CNN)
PDP is Nigeria’s greatest impediment to democracy and the country’s very survival
Obit: Mike Olopade, Loyola “Old Boy”; UniLag & Howard University alumnus, passes on –
Tola Adenle
What of federal civil (evil) servants who retire but do not leave the service?
Routing of PDP in Yoruba States not a wholesale endorsement of the ACN – D.H. Habeeb
Man who fathered 30 kids says he needs a break—on child support
Broadcast of President E.G. Jonathan on subsidy removal, a.k.a. Deregulation of the
Downstream Petroleum Sector
Wanted: A Moral Compass
LeBron & colleagues turned on the heat at Miami to hand San Antonio a loss in the NBA Finals
A Nigerian NOT on the list of “oil subsidy” receivers of Billions of Naira offers Jonathan’s
government advice
Geopolitical stakes in Nigeria: Curious role of the IMF
The plagiarism charge against the CBN’s Alhaji Lamido Sanusi is a blight on Nigeria & her
citizens – Tola Adenle
Wither Africa? Uganda & Nigeria’s economic choices
Oshiomole rejects multi-million Naira backing to “Good Governance Tour” group out “to
showcase govt achievements”: it’s a “scam”! says Soyinka
Obit: Funmi Olayinka, Ekiti State’s Deputy Governor is dead!
Obit: Sheila Solarin, Late Tai Solarin’s wife, passes on at 88
Blogs from elsewhere in the recent past on Naira devaluation, 2011 elections, etcetera
Open Appeal for security to Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police – Dr. Femi Aborisade
A reader reacts to story on Chinese mistreatment of Nigerian workers – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
Words on Marble: “it [debt relief]will be like a second independence … giving us the freedom
to focus …something our children will appreciate …” Ngozi Iweala
“Sanusi’s generosity to his Kano people” – Timothy Otunla
Letter to President Jonathan (3): “Oil Subsidy removal politics”: baits will be resisted because
protests are beyond labor leaders now
A reader’s contribution to “Time to end Nigeria’s pseudo ‘federalism’” – Abdsalam Ajetunmobi
‘ Wetin you carry’ and memories of a distant past
It’s Impossible To “Not See Color” No Matter What Kim Kardashian Says –
Christiana Mbakwe
Nigeria, still crawling at 51: a heartfelt plea in prose, and then in poetry!
Readers react to “Open letter to President Jonathan”
Yoruba Textiles –a short note FYI – Tola Adenle
Update: Fads, Fashions & Classics (flea markets, etcetera) – Tola Adenle
What is the promise of reform worth when President Jonathan budgets a billion Naira for
generators for Aso Rock?
Obit: The “Iron Lady”, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is dead!
The First Ladies, I: Nigeria’s “First Ladyism”: volcanoes waiting to erupt – Tola Adenle
Gospel/Book of Revolution according to St. Farcrook
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WHY IS KEROSINE PERENNIALLY SCARCE?
UEFA: When John Terry played defense for England inside the net! — Tola Adenle
Fads, Fashions & Classics – Tola Adenle
Kogi Police explains arrest [of Action Congress Party members]
Pastor Adeboye and the miraculous petrol – Tola Adenle
The Guardian’s articulate & socially-aware Abati vs. Aso Rock’s Reactionary, His Excellency
Reuben Abati
Aftermath of social muscle flexing in Bayelsa: parents learnt of Navy-son’s death on broadcast
news! – Tola Adenle
Benue’s Yemisi Suswan & Nigeria’s “first ladyism”: (6) – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s free fall into the corruption cesspool continues – Tola Adenle
Trending on emotanafricana.com – Tola Adenle
More words [of deceit] on marble
Five women, including bride-to-be perish in Lincoln Town Car fire en route to bachelorette’s
party in California – AP
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)!
Shanghai Pictures re-done; earlier ones did not post complete images – Tola Adenle
Stella Damasus: When Is It Enough? – Stella Damasus
No one would be spared … corruption charges (5)
(Oil Subsidy Removal)/Wole Soyinka: Back to the Trenches, Predictably!
An Open letter to ACN’s Akande & Tinubu – Tola Adenle
2012 London Olympics (4): ‘Never again’ to fake opening ceremonies! – Tola Adenle
We cannot afford to wait …there will be nothing left to eat for the poor but the rich…! –
Dele Daramola
Obasanjo Library & the Beier Materials
As 2015 elections near, evidences show Nigerian women still have a long way to go: two op-eds
from emotan, the mag. from 1978 & 1981
Third World sensitivities beneath a façade of First World sensibilities – Tola Adenle
Blogs elsewhere: Mimiko is jittery – Olu Agunloye
African American fight for freedom on dispaly at civil rights exhibit – The Washington Post
“Cities dependent on the car will fail”: Architect, Sir Norman Foster in The Economist’s
“Intelligent Life”
An unlikely Inheritance – “O” magazine
That Dowden’s Lecture at Nigeria’s 51st Anniversary – Tola Adenle
LinkedIn or not, would media-savvy new IG, Mohammed D. Yussuf, be a better Nigerian
Chief Cop?
The evil of Nigeria’s federal policing in a grouping of multi-nationalities: The worrying case of
Akwa Ibom ACN Governorship candidate
Africa a Net Creditor to the Rest of the World – New Report Says
Hajj sponsorship by government is another avenue to steal public funds – Kano’s
Governor Kwankwaso
Crash Victim Maimuna Anyene: A Charming Woman Who Died Along With Nine Family
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Members – SaharaReporters, New York
Phillips Patterson, Aids sufferer, copied entire Bible by hand in four years!
“Ask for the evidence behind any claim you encounter!” – Sophien Kamoun, The Sainsbury Lab
EXCLUSIVE: FG bans film on Nigerian poverty, places producer under security watch –
Premium Times
17th Century Slavery-era cabin headed to The Smithsonian – AP
The Standby Generation – Bernard I. Odoh
Passengers stranded as strike cripples airports – The Nation
Check out a – sort of – emotanafricana.com mini paronama at 2! – Tola Adenle
Time for [Nigeria's] legislative arm to check corporate greed, a la Multichoice, et al –
Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s financial insanity grows: purported millions on fueling generators at
foreign embassies!
S’e ti f’olopa mi l’onje in a world of a police of one’s own – Tola Adenle
A look-back at some posts in Emotan’s July/August 1978 issue
How will good leadership emerge in Nigeria? – A blog reader laments Akande’s “eldership”
in ACN
Buhari at 70: “He can salvage Nigeria”, millions believe
“If a woman wants to do a real job AND have a family, something has to be sacrificed” –
Senegal’s Marie-Therese Basse
Personality clash & the stoking of THE war of attrition in Yorubaland – a brief comment –
Tola Adenle
UAE cautions her citizens: Shun plastic bags!
Outrage after People’s Daily’s ‘Dishonest Americans’ column goes viral! – Amy Li
Endangered languages take to the airwaves: A reader urges various Nigerian governments
to act!
Islamic Banking Discussions get ugly!
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
Classifications of essay categories completed – Tola Adenle
Why Nigeria’s economy under Jonathan will continue to flounder – Tola Adenle
SOYINKAs OF AFRICA
THE FIRST LADIES (5): Strange calls for constitutional recognition of “first ladies” grow
more strident – Tola Adenle
It’s Richard Dowden, this time: “In Nigeria, they have all but given up on government”!
Mimiko’s re-election: in a land of overbearing “federalism”, has Nigeria arrived at one-man,
one vote, courtesy President Jonathan?
Still on public officers’ questioned/questionable wealth: Azazi, Madueke, etcetera –
Tola Adenle
Treat Greed in Africa as a War Crime – Kamari Maxine Clarke
Zimbabwe on Path to Regain International Acceptance – George E. Curry
The tragedy of wasted opportunities and baseless excuses by President Jonathan! – Fay
Deleola Daramola
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But financial meltdown is already here! – Tola Adenle
Something worth sharing: Robert Wills & Ors [USA] gifted with a spectacular show of “A
rockslide and an arch that disappeared into sea”!
With a “disobedience of order of Court”, is Osogbo being ruled by a “fake” Ataoja? –
Tola Adenle
THE DANA AIR CRASH: Blogs Elsewhere
The Osun Mega School imbroglio: Open Letter to Dr. Isiaka Owoade, A Special Adviser to
Osun’s Governor Aregbesola
“Support Jonathan’s administration … only God can solve Nigeria’s problems”! – Osogbo
Anglican cleric
Election tribunals regarding Oshiomole & Mimiko: politicians must learn to win through losing
– D.H. Habeeb
“GIVE YOUR HUSBAND MY REGARDS, AND TELL HIM I WISH I ALWAYS AGREED
WITH HIM”!
Nigeria’s Ag minister Akinwunmi Adesina’s world acclaim and a pig-headed $375m cell
phones for farmers project
Letter to Nigeria’s Senate President, retired Col. David Mark – Tola Adenle
Nigerians, stop using communication gadgets to wish each other “happy new month”; start
asking questions with them – Dele Daramola
RELIGION & CORRUPTION: Continued discussion among an Opawoye & Ajetunmobi Group
‘Branding’ Nigeria, drug courier, etcetera – Tola Adenle
“It’s a mad, mad world” – Tola Adenle
You must tell Nigerians what you earn – Federal High Court Judge [Ms. Bilikisu Bello] to
Nigeria’s “lawmakers”!
The Nigerian Situation brought ["Face to Face"] Muyiwa Adetiba face to face with humiliation
at the American Embassy
The ever-falling Naira, a personal story – Tola Adenle
The Yoruba: Stripping away the masks” by Paul Richard, The Washington Post, May 21, 1990,
conclusion, May 23 Posting
Body enhancements unlimited: the tight laugh lines are here!
Ghana Arts Council’s “Soul to Soul”, a blast from the past & other blogs elsewhere –
Tola Adenle
Tanker fire guts 70 houses in Ibadan – Sahara Reporters
Mommy, daddy, ab’ole l’e d’ibo fun? – Tola Adenle
Obit: Olusola Oke,university teacher, scholar … passes on
An open letter to Nigeria’s President Jonathan – Tola Adenle (1)