Posts Tagged with "barack obama"

Kenya’s Tourism Industry is back & a trip to Nairobi National Park

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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Kenya’s tourism industry is back at full steam with earnings from tourism back to where they were before the 2007-2008 Kenyan electoral crisis. I watched Kenya’s Tourism Minister, Najib Balala, confirm the growth in an NTV news report a few days ago. Information available from Kenya’s Ministry of  Tourism website further confirms the sharp decline in [...]

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Barack Obama’s Beast

Friday, January 16, 2009

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The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday as part of the 56th Presidential inaugural parade after he is sworn in at the Capitol. BBC News quotes the Secret Service Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations as [...]

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Barack Obama: Yes We Can!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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I couldn’t stop the tears of joy streaming down my black face as I watched Senator Barack Obama give his thanksgiving speech this dawn, live on CNN. This historic, smashing victory over the status quo only goes to emphasize a philosophy I always believed in: “Nothing is impossible”. Now I can add this famous one [...]

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Nigeria for Obama (ObamaNigeria.org): A Misplaced Priority

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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I regularly glance through the leading Nigerian Internet-based discussion forum Nairaland, to keep an eye on the current trends in Nigeria. Knowing the typical lack of a sense of priority of some Nigerian leaders, I wasn’t very surprised to see the topic: “Lagos Assembly Launches Website For Obama” on the Webmasters section of Nairaland last [...]

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