I was listening to the radio the other day, and a lady was sharing her experience of getting raped in Lagos. She was on the way from work at night and she was crossing the pedestrian bridge when three men attacked her, led her to an empty school building, beat her, took all her stuff,…
Tag: Nigeria
Happy Democracy Day Nigeria – 2013
***CLICK HERE TO READ UPDATED DEMOCRACY DAY POST – Happy Democracy 2015*** Happy Democracy Day Nigeria!!! I know we all have our criticism of politics in Nigeria. I know we can all think of a million and one things that don’t work in Nigeria. I know we can all talk about 3 million things that…
A Promise is a Promise – 3Six5NG
Hey All, I had the privilege of guest-posting about a bit of a personal Nigerian experience on the 3six5NG blog. I wrote more in the stream of consciousness because of the constraints, but it was fun. I have included an excerpt below, but let me know what you think. (click here for the rest of…
Nigeria: Count big money
Chai! would you believe I still think in dollars? every time someone tells me that something costs 200,000 I am like ahn ahn wetin… money dey grow for tree? but N200,000 is only about $1,500… it’s a lot of money, but not hundreds of thousands… Sometimes I overestimate, other times I underestimate… The other day…
Nigeria & Customer Service
Everybody in Nigeria complains of NEPA** (National Electric Power Authority), and everyone also complains about corruption and lack of an infrastructure in Nigeria. I agree all of those need to be fixed, but I think one of the things that really bother’s me is the customer service. I don’t understand why some people are so…