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My fellow Bloggers, another blogger bites the dust. Well, only a little dust. I've decided to take a sabbatical from blogging, as "...

I watch this video , and it makes me almost want to cry. If life is like a music score, the point is not to get to the end of the piece as q...

The Spar on New Cross road is one of my regular haunts. Whether it's picking up a newspaper after work, buying emergency plum tomatoes f...

Nope, not the Nigerian elections, but the Scottish elections . I had to lay this on thick for all the Nigerians who insisted that election m...

It may not seem like the most difficult thing in the world, but it's still fascinating. This fella can play the first two levels of Supe...

A meeting is taking place in Brussels today to discuss the Millenium Development Goals, mainly universal primary education. In yesterday...

I have in the past been convinced by South Africa's rhetoric about being able to host the World Cup in 2010. I hope my faith isn't m...

If you can, listen to the BBC World Service Newshour special on Nigeria's recent elections. Runs in the second half of the programme at...

Don't worry Akin, I am alive. The dreaded blue screen has been plaguing my laptop for a few days, but we shall overcome! A new blog by ...

From the same sentiments that brought you the Rose Revolution , and the Orange Revolution , they now bring you the Green Revolution ? Person...

Despite all the doom and gloom that's greeted Nigeria's elections, there've been some moments of genuine mirth and pathos. One w...

From the Associated Press agency: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - President-elect Umaru Yar'Adua said Monday after winning Nigeria's flawed pr...

Yar'Adua declared winner. 24 million votes for him, compared 6 million for Buhari.

The results coming in indicate that Yar'Adua will win. AC won in Lagos, with ANPP winning in Kano and Abuja. Yesterday, both Atiku and B...

Umaru Yar'Adua of the People's Democratic Party won 1,841,956 votes, followed by the All Nigeria People's Party with 55,429 and ...

The general feeling among observers is that there were no improvements on the state elections. The TMG is asking that the polls are rerun. ...

There are now reports that soldiers have shot dead three people during protests against vote-rigging.

Some news just in: Policemen have been killed in Nassarawa State as they escorted INEC officials. Also, there are issues about the ballot pa...

The BBC has a very good log of the goings-on .

The main stories on election day: the attempt to blow up INEC headquarters in Abuja, and delayed opening of polling stations.