Press Release by Imam Mohamed Magid, President, Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) (Washington, DC – Dec 27, 2011) ISNA condemns and is outraged by the series of bombings which claimed the lives of at least forty innocent worshipers in Nigeria on Christmas Day. “It is a sad day for all people when a simple […]

by Abdsalam Ajetunmobi Submitted on 2011/12/28 at 1:28 pm The analysis of the story of Emotan, the mother saint of Benin City is something worth reflecting upon. True it is that heroine Emotan was a dedicated local market woman whose occult skills were put to good use by Oba Ewuare in the 15th century. Perhaps I […]

http://emotanafricana.com/2011/07/07/the-story-of-emotan/ Picture Credit:  Bolanle Adamolekun, 1977 This picture is a new addition to the old Post.  TOLA, December 27, 2011

from Tola Adenle Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas?  I did: family, friends, music and THAT which weall tend to get too much of at this time of year – f – o – o -d! Learnt from a friend that there is a t-e-a made in – where else – China that would get […]

 Déjà vu;  I know! Thanks to a new reader of this Blog who wrote recently to find out about me.  The mail sent me scurrying to the Statistics Section of this Blog which I remembered have shown two high-ranking pages with high numbers as being “deleted”.  After searching without success, I found that what had […]

by Tola Adenle With news of the traffic that paralyzed the usual really worst part of the Lagos/Ibadan so-called “express” road last weekend, one wonders what catastrophe would have to happen to wake the government up.  News of Soyinka and two governors caught in the traffic were splashed in most newspapers over the past weekend […]

As we all settle down to enjoy the Yuletide season, I bring you some of my blogs from other sites to sit down with while nursing a cup of tea, coffee, wine or whatever goes best with reading-for- pleasure, for you.  Cheers, TOLA.  Las Vegas, NV., December 21, 2011. Loss of communication between Nigeria & […]

Here’s a story that should warm the heart: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/anonymous-donors-pay-off-kmart-222535611.html Now, please remember, it’s never too late to “make someone happy, make just one someone happy, and you will be happy, too” to borrow the words of an old U.S. commercial that highlight that when we do good FOR others, we are doing good TO ourselves.  […]

With the recent back-slapping at Abuja by President Jonathan, retired Colonel David Mark of Nigeria’s Senate, Dr. Okonjo Iweala and the IMF’s Ms. Christine Lagarde, it smacks of taking Nigerians for a big ugly spin on the direction the economy is headed.  Iweala praises Lagarde “for her role” in getting Nigeria’s loan debt cancelled/settled and […]

TOLA ADENLE shares her thoughts on the movie, District 9 that maligns Nigeria LETTERS TO MY NIECE: Yewande, dear, What a nice way to force me to write: “Auntie, dearest, have you seen District 9…”? (D9)   Above title’s explanation, first.  Seeing Oyo PDP’s crass mercantilism as main political goal in ’03, I wrote “Nigerian, Inc.” […]