Edin Dzeko’s disallowed goal was clearly onsides, but a close review of the replay suggests that it was a simple missed call. Yesterday’s pivotal Nigeria/Bosnia-Herzegovina match featured a blown offsides call that deprived […]
Boko Haram makes Al Qaeda look benign in comparison

What do you expect from a group whose founder doesn’t believe in ― never mind evolution ― evaporation? Not many in the West are aware of just how frequently Nigeria’s Islamist terrorist group […]
Understanding Nigeria: Boko Haram, joy, corruption, Egusi soup and the racism of #BringBackOurGirls

When Kim Kardashian takes up your cause, you know you’ve hit rock bottom. “Hmmm, the website is, excuse me, my Oga at the top knows the website.” Mr Shem Obafaye, by the […]
Are the kidnapped Nigerian school girls really America’s problem?

Boko Haram is evil and we all want to see the victims rescued. But how is it our responsibility? Many of us have watched in horror as the story of the kidnapped […]
Nota Bene #116: Long Live Elena Pavlichenko
“I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn’t allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #101: Your Pal, Mike S.
“The guys who are shooting films now are technically brilliant, but there’s no content in their films. I marvel at what I see and wish I could have done a shot like […]
Nota Bene #95: STFU
Gonna try something different
Nigeria, or the idiots guide to stealing an election
In 1492 Rodrigo Borgia, a Spanish cardinal, is said to have bribed all his rivals the equivalent of millions of dollars in order to become Alexander VI, the 215th Catholic Pope. In […]