Comments on naijablog: The new Sultan's role

Deola: Thank you, whoever you are... no wonder Ni...

2006-11-09T14:54:00.000+01:00

Deola: Thank you, whoever you are... no wonder Nigeria is in the Doldrums, when below-par effort is praised as "excellent." Pish!

is he allowed to repeat the word 'next' so many ti...

2006-11-08T23:03:00.000+01:00

is he allowed to repeat the word 'next' so many times?

my brother wrote like this, when he was 12. we all laughed at his essays: next we saw some trees, and next we saw som animals..'

You couldn't have put it any better. Here's to the...

2006-11-08T19:41:00.000+01:00

You couldn't have put it any better. Here's to the new sultan.

Excellent piece. Very well-written and full of ins...

2006-11-07T23:19:00.000+01:00

Excellent piece. Very well-written and full of insight about the workings of the Sultan's court and the nature of traditional power in a modern republic, leavened with wry humour about the banalities and idiocies that characterises so much of life in the upper reaches of the political/power establishment.

I persevered to the end, and i fully enjoyed it th...

2006-11-07T22:20:00.000+01:00

I persevered to the end, and i fully enjoyed it the whole way through. thanks for the post.

I did reach the end. It paints the real picture re...

2006-11-07T13:19:00.000+01:00

I did reach the end. It paints the real picture re that corridor of power. Nice post Jez.

I have to agree with Fred's comment although I did...

2006-11-07T01:35:00.000+01:00

I have to agree with Fred's comment although I did persevere to the end.

This article reads like a high schooler's version ...

2006-11-06T15:38:00.000+01:00

This article reads like a high schooler's version of "what I did on summer vacation".
I had to stop reading after this:

"Sir Abubakar said, "Masha Allah. May Allah never show us the day when your services will be needed".

This is the "wise crack" that people would "remember for years"? Wise? Crack?