What a Year 2008 Has Been!
Psalm 139:13-18 (New International Version)
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to [a] me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you. (more…)
1 comment December 31, 2008
Giving New Wings to the Air Force
In the last ten years the Nigerian Air Force has witnessed gradual and steady rejuvenation in order to respond swiftly when the need arises. The new man on the saddle, Air Vice Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin is committed to making the military arm one of the best in the continent. Juliana Taiwo writes (more…)
Add comment December 19, 2008
U-17 World Cup: Disappointment or Jubilation?
The mood in the country right now is clear, Nigerians including me are very happy with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s decision to withdraw from next year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup. The only people that are sad right now are members of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) whom many feel should be held responsible for government’s decision to back down from hosting 2009 FIFA U-17. (more…)
Add comment October 24, 2008
Nigeria is 48!
Growing up as a child I never really realized the import of celebrating Nigeria’s independence from her British colonial masters. What I do know though is that we use to look forward to October 1 just like we looked forward to children’s day celebration May 27th. (more…)
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Multimedia: The Future of Journalism
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Multimedia: The Future of Journalism
09.17.2008
Juliana Taiwo, one of 14 journalists who attended the two-month multimedia and online journalism training by the International Institute of Journalism of InWent Germany, writes that introducing multimedia elements to websites is the future of journalism (more…)
Add comment September 29, 2008
Want German Citizenship? Pass this Test
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Want German Citizenship? Pass this Test
09.25.2008
Juliana Taiwo writes on the reactions of immigrants as well as the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany on the tension created by the mandatory citizenship test by that government which started this month (more…)
Add comment September 28, 2008
Press Freedom in Quote
The President Umaru Musa YarAdua’s government after 72 hours of suspending the operating licence of Channels Television, finally lifted it on Friday afternoon but not before getting some bashing from angry Nigerians especially the press. (more…)
Add comment September 21, 2008
The Effect of Purported Yar’Adua’s Resignation
The Effect of Purported Yar’Adua’s Resignation
The tension at the presidential villa Tuesday (September 16, 2008) afternoon following a false report that President Umaru Yar’Adua might resign because of ill-health after cabinet reshuffle could be cut through with a knife. (more…)
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The Nigerian Rave in Germany
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Juliana Taiwo who just came back from Germany, writes about compatriots she encountered during the period who are making the Nigeria proud
“I got sacked once and restated after the Supreme Court ruled in my favour. Despite the fact that I came out tops in a stiffly contested interview in the German police in 1989, I have had to fight several battles these past 27 years to retain my employment,” says Mr. Grey Okute a Nigerian born engineer and forensic scientist/environmentalist with the German Police, Berlin. (more…)
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Nigerian Lawmakers Get Pay Rise, Workers Seek Pay Rise
National Assembly complex
This is not the best of times for Nigerian workers. I returned from Berlin to meet what is dominating public discuss. Aside from the President’s state of health which has not been made known to Nigerians, Nigerian lawmakers in August barely two weeks after the nation’s teachers called off their one-month strike demanding for better pay for members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, had their salary increased. (more…)
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