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Rowland Adewumi
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  • Welcome to my blog. I write on sustainable and independent development of Africa

    I write all the entries myself, and try to give my opinion on topics that help Africa, and also provoke intellectual debate

  • Africa’s Brain and Beauty Drain

    Africa’s Brain and Beauty Drain

    The Brain Drain: There is no doubt that the broken economy, high unemployment, human rights abuses, armed and religious conflict and poor social services are the main reason that ...

  • Management of Oil Spill Pollution in Nigeria

    Management of Oil Spill Pollution in Nigeria

    Nigeria has a coastline of approximately 853km facing the Atlantic Ocean. This coastline lies between latitude 4o 10’ to 6o 20’ N and longitude 2o 45’ to 8o 35’ E. The ...

  • Wikileak: Nigeria’s Soricomorphais

    Wikileak: Nigeria’s Soricomorphais

    The revelations by Wikileaks from leaked diplomatic cables of the United States embassy in Nigeria that Shell knows everything about key decisions in government ministries because ...

  • America Against Wikileaks: Nigeria’s Lesson

    America Against Wikileaks: Nigeria’s Lesson

    …even in authoritarian countries, information networks are helping people discover new facts and making governments more accountable. During his visit to China in November, for ...

  • NIGERIA: THE 34TH BEST GIVING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

    NIGERIA: THE 34TH BEST GIVING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

    When many institutions release a ranking of countries, Nigeria tends to do poorly. There was the Free Press rankings from Reporters Sans Frontiers in 2009 and the ...

  • Nigeria’s Epidemic: Tribalism

    Nigeria’s Epidemic: Tribalism

    Tribalism serves as the sole explanation why human species still exist, and from time immemorial, humans have lived in tribes. In the 1600s, in most countries of Europe people ...

  • A silver jubilee to an undeserving nation

    A silver jubilee to an undeserving nation

    Nigeria is a big paradox, so said Lara Owoeye-Wise in 2001.It is a country blessed in abundant with so many resources, yet, and sadly too, it is faced with so many problems. For ...

  • Obituary:Otunba Abiodun Oshowole,JP,MNIM,DDG

    Obituary:Otunba Abiodun Oshowole,JP,MNIM,DDG

    The Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF), before a world in shock, mourns the death of Otunba Alfred Abiodun Oshowole, JP, MNIM, DDG, Olori Oluwo of the Reformed Ogboni Fraternity who ...

  • Jega and date shift for elections

    Jega and date shift for elections

    With Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking an extension of time from January 2011 to April 2011 for the conduct of General ...

  • ‘Black man, you are on your own’

    ‘Black man, you are on your own’

    The main reason why Africa is in a deep mess is because we fail most times to tell ourselves the truth, and our inability to challenge established practices that are glaringly a ...

  • The unending Child Witch phenomenon in Akwa Ibom

    The unending Child Witch phenomenon in Akwa Ibom

    Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, is making the news headlines of how some unscrupulous pastors-witchhunters are going about humiliating children perceived to be witches. This act has ...

  • Nigeria:Our future without oil?

    Nigeria:Our future without oil?

    “If the world finally finds a feasible alternative to oil, what would become of Nigeria’s economy?” Answer: “God forbid, the world will always need crude oil; nothing can ...

  • The problem with Nigeria

    The problem with Nigeria

    Once upon a time, when Baba Sege was in office as the president, he got an invitation from the Queen to come for a visit to England.  After all the banquets and carriage rides ...

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