When last did you visit a cyber cafe? Eight years ago, my answer would have been “right now”. I would have been writing/reading this on a computer in a cyber cafe. Right now however, I am lying somewhere comfortable in my home, whilst punching the soft keys on my laptop. A few years ago in [...]

From the moment the US government released information that President Obama was visiting Ghana between 10th and 11th July 2009, there have been a lot of grumbling from neighbouring Nigeria. Now that the US President is just a few days away, the grumbling is getting even louder with Senator Jubril Aminu (Chairman of the Foreign [...]

Amongst all the musicians that tickled my eardrums in my childhood days, the eccentric Michael Jackson stood out. It didn’t take much effort to notice this outstanding gentleman who could sing, dance, cry, choreograph and more. Michael Jackson was easily my favourite artist and if I’d be true to myself, still is. Though his dance [...]

I had to be sure I read right: “Lagos pipeline blast ‘kills 100′“. I checked the date of publication on BBC News Africa’s homepage, it was today’s date. “Another pipeline blast in Lagos again? How greedy can people be in a bid to make money?” I thought to myself. It turns out it was people [...]

Ms. Ama Sumani is dead. She died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 around 4:00pm at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. Ama Sumani who was terminally ill was deported early January 2008, from the UK where she has been for five years. 39-year-old Ms. Sumani whose visa had expired while in the UK was removed from a [...]