Three African girls, none older than 15, have invented a urine-powered generator.
Now they just need funding.
Aug
19
A Nigerian, Ms Bola Akande, has emerged the First African to be appointed the City Administrator of Brentwood in the state of Missouri, U.S.
Akande beat 40 other contenders to clinch the appointment.
See the full story here: http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/nigerian-appointed-city-administrator-us
Mar
12
An e-mail from Lagos brings wonderful literary news concerning the oldest daughter of a good friend:
Dear Friend/ Associate,
Oyindamola Adeoluwa, my older daughter, is an SS3 pupil of Dansol High School, Ikeja. She has a flair for writing. Her school, Dansol High School, Ikeja decided to publish one of her efforts ‘The Survivors’, a human angle fiction built around an ordinary family, the Petersons. The school had fixed Thursday 13th March 2008 in the afternoon hours as the public launch date.
The foreword to the novel is written by Mr Azubuike Ishiekwene, the Executive Director, Publications, Punch Newspapers.
I will be delighted if you will find the time to join us as we honour this young talent at the book launch. May God bless you as you do.
My warmest regards,
Taiwo Adeoluwa
Congratulations, Oyinda!
Mar
04
A cellphone sex video may kill the booming film industry in northern Nigeria. The story is here.
Feb
27
Nigeria continues its dominance in the African literary world that began with Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka. Only writers in South Africa have recieved so much attention, and that literary streak ended with apartheid.
Feb
26
Please fetch the zookeeper
Fetch him fast
Fetch him to quell the anarchy in the zoo.
Tell him to rush home quickly
To check the activities of the flesh eaters
Let him know that the zoo codes for long in disuse
Have since been eaten by termites
Remind him that unwritten codes now regiment the species
Marshalling rare animals into extinction
Tell him that the Elephant has lost his kingship.
Sound it to him that the new codes arrogates kingship only to flesh eaters.
Whose conscience are eaten by blood
That now only Lion, Tigers and their lower ilk can be kings
While vultures, Hyenas and green flies are court officials
Sound it to him that the draconian regimentation
Arrogates all honour, praises and worship to Lions, Tigers and their ilk.
Let him know that deadly warning has been sounded to all animals viz:
That the awesome majesty of the elephant should no more be celebrated.
That no remark should be made of the beauty of the zebra.
That the elegance of the Gazelle should not be discussed.
That it should not be heard from any one
That the Giraffe is taller than other animals.
And nobody should mention the musical wonders of the nightingale bird.
Please warn the zookeeper
That his provision for the animals is fastly vanishing
As army of huge butter flies
Wings laden with plant eggs
Engage on monthly migration across the Atlantic
To pollinate alien species
Please ask him why he has stayed so long in his journey.
And inform him that the animals of the Roman coliseum
Who tore the flesh of martyrs
Have now become both gladiators and emperors.
Tell him to hasten down
That mediaeval vagabonds and Renaissance anarchists
Are all in cue for beatification.
Tell him too that as I make this desperate complaint
The Futajalon Mountain has grown on my head.
— by Anthony Agbo (2005)
BLOGGER’S NOTE:
* Futa Jalon is a mountain range in central Guinea. It is believed to be the area from whence originated the Fulani people of northern Nigeria.
* Agbo is a senator from Ebonyi state in southeastern Nigeria. He is a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Relations in the National Assembly.
Found on the website for The Guardian of Nigeria, http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/
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