The Afro Beat

A thousand apologies for the radio silence. There has been a cross atlantic move to the UK (good to be back, though i miss NY terribly!) and...

Today marks the 9th Year of "Democracy" in Nigeria and a full year of the Yar'Adua administration. Thanks to encouragement fr...

Meant to do this 2 weeks ago but better late than never! In an attempt to learn more about our Nigerian heroes, we promised sometime last ye...

After a somewhat long silence, Yar'Adua speaks! Unfortunately, it wasn't to a local newspaper, but to the Financial Times of LONDON!...

Thanks for encouraging us to get on this, Solo ! Today the BA boycott begins ! Once again, just a reminder that KLM and Lufthansa have waiv...

This write-up by Tolu Ogunlesi shares a different perspective on the Nigerian defence mechanism that has been set up as a result of the BA ...

I agree that it's almost always fruitless to collectively act without an end in mind (in the case of a BA boycott - apology/explanation ...

Like we've said before, BA hopes this "fiasco" will die down and Nigerians will continue to "siddon n sharrap" as th...

Time and time again, Nigerians have been unfairly treated by various airlines during their travels. Recently, this kind of unfair treatment ...

Good to know our leaders are reading and getting smart about those issues that plague our country but are not unique to us. And that some of...

"Every well-meaning Nigerian must rise up and be vocal in denouncing any attempt to legalise abortion in Nigeria. Abortion is anti-God....

...to make Nigeria better! (not quite sure why that NTA theme song came to mind) ********** As the merry month of March comes to an end, we ...

ok, so Whitney's not exactly the role model of the year these days but.... This one's very near and dear to tAB. Check out The IMPAC...

The post below is from Wadami of FashionAfrica.com. Thanks Dammie! It's definitely an interesting take on what seems a well-meaning conc...

Thanks to Kome for sharing this! ********************** Launched by Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women is a significant new initiative that will: ...

Thanks to NigerianCuriosity for this great idea! ************************* Hello fellow Naija bloggers, I hope this finds you well. This ...

As promised, more things that make you go "wow!". I met Nam almost 2 years ago while he was a Reuters Digital Fellow at Stanford....

Sorry for the hiatus folks - i've been very ill but i'm back (THANK GOD). To be honest, the absence hasn't only been due to illn...

Another one of those blood-boiling stories. This hospital has been in existence (and fully-equipped) for TWO YEARS, but for more-than-silly ...

This letter resonated with me (in particular, the call for political leaders to be servant-leaders) and so, just thought I would share it. T...