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As a result of this evening's events , I've started a Facebook group - Super Eagles to Super Chickens . The aim is to petition for t...

Despite this , Nigeria are still useless.

"Shut up there, what do you know about football? All you people know, is to fight." The little corner of the canteen at work erupt...

No, I'm not in Ghana. I should have gone with the Beeb, but as you all know, Auntie a broke-ass organisation. They decided to run a seri...

It's 1927hrs in Doha, and I'm sitting in transit. My flight to Gatwick doesn't leave till 0210hrs, and right now that feels like...

Over time, I seem to have developed a system of comparing countries I visit to the countries I know best. If I visit a developing country (w...

Landed this morning in Kathmandu. The city is surrounded by mountains - the Himalayas. They look like gods looming over a pious population, ...

As I type this, I'm sitting in one of the waiting areas at Doha International Airport, en route for Kathmandu, Nepal. The connection is ...

Africa and the European Union finished their "parlay" (Nigerian hack mode...) on Sunday. The most dramatic event didn't even ...

Today's Observer has a harrowing piece on child witches in parts of Nigeria. The children are beaten and bound - treated like animals. I...

I was in the US just last week, trying but failing to just chill out, and visiting la famiglia (both in crime and blood). It had been eight ...

I've been an absolutely naughty boy. The blog gods will not rest until I show penitence for the disdain with which I've treated the ...

I'm now back home in London, and still haven't posted anything about Jerusalem. My time there was packed with activity, and I'll...

Atatürk International Airport is clean, if not particularly inspiring. Airports always tread the line between being sanitised to prevent an ...

The flight is taking off at 1630hrs. I left New Cross Gate station at 1318hrs. I did what I always do, and left relatively late. My normal r...

Some of you may have heard, and others may not have heard. Michael Hill, the father of the little girl, Margaret, who was kidnapped in July,...

Charlie Brooker is possibly the funniest writer in British newspaperdom. The first two paragraphs of his column this week are just glorious...

This one is too much!

No pun intended. It seems as if I've developed an obsession with all things homosexual - 2 posts in one week? Anyway, 18 men arrested f...

Assignment on the BBC World Service delves into the world of the West African drugs mule. link fixed.