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Free sim cards (UK only) (15)

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As we approach the festive season, mobile phone operators (Orange, t-mobile and O2) in the UK are offering free pay-as-you-go sim cards to attract your custom. Click the links below to vist the offer page (No, I don’t get paid for every sim you get).

• Orange (Updated)
• T-mobile
• O2

Delivery is usually within 28days. Make sure you take a quick glance at terms and conditions. Keep up with the latest offers here.

— Wanted: Venture Capitalist willing to relocate to Ghana asap. $21 million waiting to be spent. [via Paul Kedrosky] #

Nollywood (6)

Nollywood “Nigeria’s brash young film industry” is raking in at least $200 million a year. Ok maybe it’s not as cool as Eddie Murphy living in Hollywood but it does come close. That figure makes it the third-largest box office in the world after the United States and India. Not bad at all considering the average production time is about a week, besides a blockbuster will only set you back $8,000. All you need to get started is handycam and you can probably shoot in any private home for free. There is also an increasing demand for films to be subtitled in french. Now that’s big!

The film industry in Nigeria is overcrowed. Film quality have dropped significantly and the titles (e.g Pure Water, Area Scatter) have become a joke, little thought goes into it. Yet the demand continues to grow, why? Recurring themes like “Love, romance, fidelity and family cohesiveness” observed in the movies is pulling the crowd in. Nigerians aboard also feel the need to stay abreast of the hottest titles further fuelling demand.

I find it hard to keep up and the thought of paying for nigerian movies is still a little foreign in my system. I rely on Ben TV and sometimes OBE (both on Sky) to provide the cimenatic experience. It is probably time for me to finally watch UKWA (1 & 2), I borrowed a year ago from Obinna.

the man tried (0)

it happened once
then it went away
a prisoner i was
then free i became
free i thought i was
then it never really went away
all along there it was

break free i tried
but addicted i was
now trying again
hoping to escape with words
men will remember
‘but the man tried’

Make the ultimate paper plane (2)

Thanks to the Guardian, you can now create probably the fastest paper plane. Sorry you are not allowed to carry passengers, certainly not a nigerian governor dressed as a woman!

Virgin Nigeria CEO resigns (1)

Maybe airlines should be owned by national governments (tax payers). Ok maybe not, a charity status perhaps. Most airlines are not profitable apart from Ryanair and Emirates. Nevertheless it was very gratifying to learn that Nigerian Airways had been reborn as Virgin Nigeria. A year later, the honeymoon ended with its pioneer CEO, Mr. Simon Harford resigning last week. Of course the fact that the international airport at Lagos has only one functional runway (18L) which is overused and cracking away was probably not a factor. (via)

Lanre Lawal (0)

Lanre Lawal, founder of The Design Jockey Sessions, an experimental graphic design and multi-media company emerged as the winner of the British Council’s Inaugural International Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 (IYDEY) Award decided in London.

Only a Nigerian (Naija) person would say (0)

Bola has put together 100 phrases which makes identifying nigerians a little easier. My favourite is “can I see your particulars?”

Africa’s First Female President (0)

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has claimed victory as the first woman to be elected president of Liberia. This also makes her the first woman to be elected president in Africa. (via eediva)

— Very moving image gallery (flash) of poverty by Ekin Caglar. (via nairaland) #