The NVS still has some tickets to see the Dan Hoyle Show Tings Dey Happen. If you live in the NY tri-state area, it is definitely worth your time, drive or train ride. A 2% ratio of Nigerians in the audience (I have pictures as proof) is not looking too good for home country. Email the moderator, you can pick up your tickets at the box office, no snail mail no inconvenience. Surprisingly, parking is available for free. Word on the underground is that Nigerians have been too luke-warm about issues that deserve our attention. See my of the show. Tell a friend even if you do not live in the tri-state area.
Forget my short attenton span, I read the four page historical account of events in the Niger Delta as narrated by AsariDokubo. This is no mean feat for me, as I do not recall reading more than two paragraph of any Nigerian news item/interview/editorial in the past. I read the first and last paragraph and simply assume the rest, it is always the same story line anyway. This blow by blow account of events as perceived by Mr. Dokubo is different, it is captivating and would make Jason Bourne go green with envy. Complete with money, treachery, mega-corporations, guns, power thirsty individuals with strong government ties. Where is Leonardo Di Caprio when you need him? I would buy the Movie rights to this story if I had the resources. I leave the in depth analysis to the pundits with a deeper knowledge of the intricacies of the region. For now I say, sit back, grab some pop-corn and enjoy the stark realities of the sufferings of my brothers and sister. Read the . Hat tip to . See related video .
