Bemgba Nyakuma

Bemgba Nyakuma is an MSc Sustainable Energy Technology student of Technishe Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands. Visit his blog.

The Last Man Standing

Libya is in crises. Saif al-Islam Ghaddafi is about his business - the obedient son of a sit tight dictator – defending his nation's honor and right to sovereignty. Out of the blue reports and as yet unproven, allege that Saif Ghaddafi plagiarized some parts of his doctoral thesis without attribution...

The Nigerian Energy Conundrum (2)

The future of Nigeria like that of other developing nations ultimately rests on the supply of adequate and reliable sources of energy necessary for sustainable growth and development...

The Nigerian Energy Conundrum (1)

With $16bn spent on Power Generation, one would expect that Nigeria’s power problems should have all but disappeared. With all due respect to Obasanjo and his PDP regime – you have failed Nigerians. This is what I will have done with $16bn...

The (not so) Beautiful Game

Events over the years have left the beautiful game of football in a sorry state, especially in Nigeria. The crises can best be viewed by the state of affairs within the Nigerian Football Federation...

The Black Energy Economy Misnomer (1)

The adoption of renewable energies is fraught with a myriad of problems including the fact that it is very capital intensive and requires a pool technical skilled persons and a knowledge base not yet developed in the country at the moment...

Book Review: On Black Sisters’ Street

Chika Unigwe’s book is a story of modern slave trade and a must read for everyone, especially budding young people back in Africa who often have mighty utopian dreams about life in Europe...

Two Can Play the Game; Scamming the Scammers

Like most criminals, scammers leave behind footprints in their trail. Some of these are easily discernable while others are more difficult to point out. One of the easiest ways to tell a scam is from the email address of the sender...

Are Nigerians Thieves? A Response to the Greek Ambassador to Nigeria

Mr. Dafaranos and his wife were at the reception area of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on July 11 when the wife found a wristwatch, which a client of the hotel forgot while checking out. She refused to hand over the wristwatch to the security personnel on duty at the reception who wanted to keep it for the owner...

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