[Governor Daniel had put a call through, speaker phone on, to his wife to enquire about a complaint he purportedly had that morning.  “Yeye, …” and the wife blurted out how the governor had complained about the bed in the governor’s lodge not being as comfortable as the one in their house – or words […]

Oluseyi Adebola Says: January 30, 2012 at 11:38 am e I think, I want to disagree with you all here. First and foremost, I am aware that the major logistics that went into the Town Hall meeting in the Maryland Restaurant were done by Nigerians here in the US, NOT by the Nigerian government as many have […]

Letters to my Niece   [In 1860, there were 31.4 million Americans of which 4.4 million (14%) were African-Americans.  Forty years later, there were 9 million out of 76 million Americans.  This means the African-American population about doubled.  Twenty years later in 1920, there were 105 million Americans of which 10.5 million or 10% were […]

Title:               Iwa Rere L’Oso Enia Author:  Samuel Adeleye Adenle (Later Oba S.A. Adenle, Ataoja of Osogbo) Pages & Form: 123; Narrative Poem Printer:            TanimehinOla Press, Ijebu-Ode, 1938. Price:               Bought from a rare Books seller in USA for $25.00, incl. Postage, 2005! [Late Oba S.A. Adenle's two poetry volumes referred to by Karin Barber below […]

Book:         The Re-enslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II Author:       Douglas A. Blackmon Publishers:  Doubleday, 2008.  $29.95. By Tola Adenle Letters to my Niece and Others (2 of 4)   Yewande, dear, Why is it difficult for Senator Obama to scale the last big hurdle in this land that has […]

[Here comes a new Inspector General of Police who seems not only highly-recommended but is also new media-savvy; what more do we want: criminals - civilian & police toll-points varieties - having their faces on twitter, facebook ... within moments of criminal activities.  I'm sure all Nigerians want him to succeed.  It's in his hands. […]

Petition drive.   by  Mojubaolu Okome To: Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 10:18 AM   Happy New Year.  I have been engrossed, and have become embroiled in Nigerian politics in a new way.  I am now tweeting and blogging about it, although I’m yet to perfect my skills at both media.  I’m also soon to be […]

[This is coming half a day late because in my most permanent neighborhood, getting on the web is not a matter of 1,2, turn on the laptop; 3,4, click, click, click and post… Regrets, regards, TOLA.] After the Democratic Convention in Summer 2004, I wrote four consecutive essays on the US presidential election year:  LETTERS […]

On May 24 last year, I presented http://emotanafricana.com/2011/05/24/u-s-votes-2012-obama-will-do-it-again/ in what might have been considered jumping the gun, especially in Nigeria which is as far away from America – not in distance – as one could be.  Well, the election year is upon us and it seems to have brought the worst in Republicans, nay, the […]

 Layi Says: January 23, 2012 at 10:42 am Ms. Adenle, Thank you for your very good blog and observations on Viola Onwuliri’s agama Kitchen meeting. This was not a Town Hall meeting. I will rather call it a dinner or lunch meeting with her (Onwuliri’s) friends. I am sure the Nigerian Government paid for this […]